"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [ظ‎‎٧‎١] (٥٣٦/١٤٧)

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Route No. ^— cordd.
front At this place there is on the left a Iom range of hills,
l f i nr 9 miles away To the right the plain appears to
about 1 or 2 mi } | mountains are seen in
extend some 40 miles to tne k.. * + io
the distance Road on from here is somewhat stony. At
The’load is good and hard
Hl“s on boTh sides. At a mile or 2 distant these gradual y
close in on the road, which is still ascending easilj. At 21.
miles a well, is passed, where there is a 2 Tmta thMe is
but not sufficient '-‘“f^ thT iad to Ei^b turns ofi
rthe'letSb no"be?n\ onthe direct road from Khurunak
+o Saghand At 241- miles arrive at Rizab. ISo village or culti
ration • a ruined lower and a half ruined caravanserai. Iso
suonlies of any kind. Rizab lies close under some hills on the
N!lose on the S . being some 6 or 7 miles distant, at an
elevation of 3,750 feet above the sea.
Water. —Sufficient, but brackish.
Supplies. —A T il.
4 SAGHAND . • 12£ m.
(4,0700.
General direction
ENE. Route from
Rizab is over a good
nd hard road steadily, but easily, ascending over the plain
t'hich is enclosed by distant low black hills on both sides. Also
i miles the summit of the water-shed, which connects the Mis
m the N. and S. is gained. Then comes a mile °r 2 of perfectly
evel ground before the descent is commenced.
watershed or neck is 4,420 feet above the sea. At miles
oad goes through a plain sloping like a glacis downwards to
he right for about l a mile, where it is bounded by a very
ow ridge, beyond which is another plain. Here road is c osed
mder a high red and yellow hill on the left. At 6| miles a
Iry well. At 8 .miles road bends a little more northerly, ha
ome black hillocks close on the right, and rises shghUy over
he neck that connects them with the red and jeMw Ml cn
he left. At 8| miles the Gudar-i-Surkh beyond Saghand is