"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [و‎‎٨‎٨] (٥٣٦/١٨٠)

Route No. YII— contd.
and Began. There is apparently an alternative road, keeping
along the banks of the river, via Husainabad.
No information regarding Riza-abad, except that it is a
fort, closing a narrow pass.
5 BAGH DAMtJT 10 m. General direction
WNW. Pass Sisab
55 the frontier town of
Bujnurd, on the farther bank of the Atrak river. Cross from
right to left bank at Kuch Kila, by a good bridge.
Bagh Damut is a small village, with a fort on a steep hill,
height of which is 3,700 feet.
6 BUJNGRD .. 15 m. General direction W.
— Over some low hills,
70 which run down to
the village of Karlik, thence strike SW. over a low pass with
a very narrow path quite unfit for wheels. Then up right bank
of a good stream, crossing to left bank just below Bamun, and
at 13°miles, reach Kila Hasan ’Ali Khan, a village with a square
mud tower. Ascend to the small village of Kalateh near which
are ruins of old Bujnurd, simply called Kila. Then W. over
well-watered plain, and enter Bujnurd by the Meshed gate.
Bujnurd has a population of about 10,000 and a bazar with
500 shops. It is an open town with no walls.
Water. —Abundant.
Supplies .—Sufficient for local requirements.
7 BADARALU .. 14 m. General direction W.
by N. Upon quit-
84 ting the little town
of Bujnurd, the source of a reedy stream is passed, and the route
runs across the level plain to the low hills. ’Aliabad is visible
2 or 3 miles away a little to the E. of N., as also Baghicha. At
5J miles Langar is passed 2 miles to the N. of the track. A
mile to the E. of this village is the shrine of Sultan Muhammad
Riza. At 1\ miles, the pass known as Gudar-i-Khan Bulagh
(4,500') and, half a mile below it, a spring of water, after which
there is a second rise. Hills rounded and green. Thence a
steady descent passing Khan Kulu at 10J miles to N. of track.
At 11 miles, Miamalja to S. of track and Muru, at 12 miles.