"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [ظ‎‎٣‎٣] (٥٣٦/٧١)

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Route No. Ill— contd.
Fuel. —Scanty.
Grazing. —Good.
Supplies. —Sufficient for 2 squadrons of cavalry, in town.
28 ROBAT-I- .. 20J m. Direction NNW. Over
SANG. Turbat plain going
520f hard ; gradual ascent
for 8 miles to Abbasabad about 10 houses (only a changing
place for post horses). Water from karez flowing along side
road, supply unlimited, the karez follows road for 4 miles till
summit of Gudar-i-Kharsang. Pass is reached. Ascent to top
of pass is steep, especially last 200 yards. Descent is
steep for about \ mile and only 12 feet wide, then a steady
descent into the valley and over a small ridge to village
Khami, at 14 miles, (20 houses). Water good and plentiful
from karez. Camping ground for 1 regiment of cavalry. Cara
van-serai is reached at 14| miles where there is little accom
modation. From here road ascends steeply the Khamari pass
reaching summit at 18 miles. In places pass is very narrow and
is very rocky, descent is steep ; road enters low undulating
country at 19| miles and reaches Robat-i-Sang at 20|- miles.
Robat-i-Sang is a small village of about 25 houses, no sup
plies and little cultivation.
Camping ground. —For 1 brigade.
Water. —Unlimited from 1 large karez.
Fuel. — Nil.
Grazing. —Fair along the whole route.
Supplies. — Nil.
29 ROBAT-I- .. 22£ m. Road runs NE. across
SAFID. the Julgeh-i-Rukh
543J and passes small
village of Hashmatabad at 4£ miles to the left, water here poor,
sufficient for 1 troop. At 6 £ miles pass Nazamieh and
Muhammadabad about | mile and 1 mile respectively to left
of the road. First has water from karez sufficient for % squadron
and second suffic^nt for 2 squadrons. Asadabad (kaleh-i-shah-