"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [ظ‎‎٨‎٣] (٥٣٦/١٧١)

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Route No. VI — contd.
the Pul-i-Abrisham, is at 20 miles ’Abbasabad is a village of
some 100 houses built on the side of a hill. Large and well
built serai with a good stream of water running through it.
Water. —Plentiful.
Fuel. —Brushwood.
Fodder. —Good grazing.
Supplies. —Adequate for usual traveller traffic, but dear,,
as they have to be brought from a distance. Large flocks of
sheep and goats and some cattle.
About 15 camels and 20 donkeys available in the village.
10 MlANDASHT .. 20 m. General direction W*
Road generally
238 good, though shortly
after leaving ’Abbasabad it is rocky and undulating. At
2 miles a ravine is entered, the track running through a torrent
bed, going being very difficult for heavily laden wagons. Rug
ged hills on both sides of no great height. At 4 miles the road
leaves the defile. At 5 miles Alhaq, small walled village and
serai. Water from 3 small springs which trickle into a pond.
Supplies good. 500 sheep and goats. The road winds through,
hills, the last few miles being over a level plain.
There are 3 serais at Miandasht and accommodation for a
large number of animals. Several roads meet here.
Water. —Brackish from a large ab-ambdr in the middle of
a serai ; this is fed by springs, the surplus water being carried
off by a qanat on the N. Animals are generally watered from
this ab-ambar by means of buckets. There is a small qanat
about 1 mile N. of the serai where animals are sometimes
watered ; water is also obtained at several places within the
enclosure from wells, but the well water is more brackish than
that from the db-ambdr.
Fuel. —Brushwood.
Fodder. —Abundant grazing.
Supplies. —Sufficient for ordinary traffic, but dear. Large
flocks of sheep and goats, some 1,000 and about 15 cattle.
11 MAlAMAI .. 26 m. General direction
' ~ W. Road stony,.
264 sandy and rocky by
turns. Over an open plain for 6 miles. Then for some miles