"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [ظ‎‎٢‎١‎٣] (٥٣٦/٤٣١)

.Route No. VI (j)— contd.
2 JAJARM
(About
27£ 3,000').
.. 12J m. For 3| miles skirt edge
of a hill which is in
tersected with many
ravines. Jajarm has now a population of about 2,000. The
houses are all domed, as no wood is procurable for rafters.
There is one caravanserai. The surrounding plain is parched
and arid. 150 camels, 100 mules and ponies and 200 donkeys
are estimated as being available for hire in the district.
Water .—
Supplies,
Procurable.
45J
CAMPNEAR
HAUZ.
18| m. Direction ENE. over
a partially culti
vated plain for 5 or
6 miles. Thence over desert plain to hauz, a small cistern filled
by surface drainage, the only water on the line between Jajarm
and the cultivated lands of the Sanghas villages. To the NW.
lies a large mound of bright red colour at the foot of the Kuh-i-
Chiqab, where there is a small spring of good water. The hauz
is often dry in summer.
4 KARASHAH .. 10 m. General direction NE.
At miles village
^4 of Ja’afarabad.
For alternative stages from here via Sanghas see below. Kara-
shah, 60 houses.
Supplies .—Plentif u 1.
5 TA\ AR 13 m. Leave village on bear-
in ? NNE - At 3 4
. miles reach bed of
stream, dry in summer and autumn, and entrance of Darband
defile. Bend X. up the pass, following stonv bed of stream or
level, alluvial strips, and at 5 miles pass village Kafar, £ mile
left. Road commanded by spurs of mountains to left and ricrht.
Above Kafar glen narrows, but road continues level and gwd.
At 71 miles reach hamlet Darband at which point hillskirts
close in to water-course. Thence ascend easily over broken
ground to opening of gorge on to plain of Shaughan at 9 miles.
At 13 miles reach village ofTavar, on edge of plain, NE. of pass
Ascent from Karashah, 400 feet.
Supplies. —Plentiful.