"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [ظ‎‎٧‎٧] (٥٣٦/١٥٩)

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Route No. V — contd.
cultivation and villages all the way. At 9 miles a considerable
patch of cultivation. Road now in narrow valley about 1
mile wide. Close on right is a high, bare, precipitous mountain.
Ihe mountains on left are bare and steep. At 10 miles road
ascends the bed of a stream. The valley here, f mile wide
is bounded by bare and rugged mountains. At 11 miles the
village Ahubam, with gardens and cultivation, is passed. At
121 - miles road passes large gardens enclosed in walls. The
precipices of a huge, bare rock almost overhang the road on
right. On the road is a narrow strip of level ground utilised
for gardens and cultivation. At the village of Sir there are
the remains of an old castle overshadowed by a high bare
and steep mountain. The village is built on the side 'of the
hill below the castle. From the village the ground slopes
down steeply to stream which is bounded on the other side bv
bare and steep mountains. There is a little level ground all
up the valley, where there are gardens and cultivation. The
ascent of about 1,400 feet in 14 miles is not difficult. The road
p- • partS i ® 1 rather rou S h and ston y bu t nowhere bad
ill] vat hes somewhere to the NW. of Sir.
Water .—From a stream. * •
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KILAH-I-
MAIDAN.
24 m. General direction N,
3703 by W. Up the wel]
• ., 4 , . cultivated valle\
with it extensive orchards and cornfields. The flat ground l
very limited and the narrow valley is bounded by high bare
and precipitous mountains. Road is rather bad anf stony
At 1 mile the road crosses to the western side of the valley a/d
leaves it, ascending a smaller valley in a NNW. direction
coumls Arrmil^r^’if th plenty 0f trees by the water;
Wh At . 3 miles the valley narrows to a narrow gorge
where there is no room for cultivation. The valley twists 8 a
Here th^ ’ b the general direction is WNW. Road not good
opens agaii" ^her ®^ 111 ^ ^ Water ‘ At 4 § mile s valley
opens again. There is more cultivation, and a road to left
p ace called Kabudan. Road now passes under overhang-
of S KhJr UP ° n ° f Water > and at 6 miles very small village
tio^tVeJr^ 6 ^ road .P assin g through continuous cultivl
also called KhQr^f 118 ^ tre f‘ At miIes anothe r village
also called Khur, is reached, and at 7 miles the principal village