"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [و‎‎٥‎١] (٥٣٦/١٠٦)

Route No. Ill— contd.
midway, a small stream in deep ravine and pass village ot
Kalat of some 120 houses, with gardens and cultivation. Route
2 joins here. Numerous other villages with cultivation lie
among the hills.
At latter half of route pass the villages of Saghi, Kuchi and
Sahrabad on the left and Shirazabad on the right. Direct
road from Kakh to Turbat is via Gunabad straight across
the plain to the north. Zibad is a village of 200 houses sur
rounded by fruit gardens, and abundantly watered from hill
springs.
Camping ground. —Unlimited.
Water .—From a karez good unlimited.
Supplies. — Nil.
Fuel. — Nil.
Grazing .—Little for camels.
2 BIJISTAN .. 28 m. Route NW. lying to
the W. of the Guna-
43 bad valley. Road
rough and stony, passing in the first 11 miles villages of Brazu,
Kazum, Sinuh, Naudeh and Patanju, each containing 100
to 120 houses. Water abundant from hill springs. At 14th
mile enter the hills over a rise or pass called Gudar-i-Kameh,
through an easy defile to an open space where the hamlet is
of Kameh, with about 20 houses. Beyondi Kameh, where water
is scarce road leads over ridges through defiles, in parts very
narrow and impassable for guns 'without previous preparation ;
everywhere rough and stony. About 19th mile cross the
Gudar-i-Rudi-Ghaz watershed, elevation 5,150 feet. No
water for the last 12 miles. Country here slopes westward
till it joins the vast desert waste called “ Kavir.” The town
has 600 houses with a population of some 4,000 souls, a ruined
fort, 2 good caravanserais, 4 hammams, 50 mosques and 70
shops. Excellent water melons and abundant fruit in season.
The town is surrounded by fruit gardens, and watered by
three karezes. Its situation is at foot of a bare hill running
E. and W. for 3 or 4 miles.
3 YUNSI .. 25 m. General direction NE.
(2,900'). over undulating
ground through a
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