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| Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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| ROUTE XI. Route from Kila Panjah (WAKHAN) to Kila Wámar (ROSHAN) along the river Panjah. Authority Captain Trotter (from Abdul Subhan.) |
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Khaizak-vil, 142 miles.—The road continues down Charling River. Pass on left bank at eight miles the small village of Bagh (30 houses), also the villages of Kiok-tash, Mirgul (25 houses), and Yoya (15 houses).
Arpalik, 21 miles.—Road leaves Charling River and passes up a tributary stream to small village of Yamunarik. Thence goes over two low passes, the Kara Diwan (at 112
miles) and the Kizil Diwan.
Kizil-tagh, 152 miles.—Road. good for three miles to Tangitar, where the river (Kizil) passes for five miles along a very narrow ravine, very difficult to traverse in the afternoon owing to floods caused by the melting of the snow on the hills above.
Yak-arik, 232 miles.—Good road over the " Shaitan kum" or «Devil's sand."
Yârkand, 20 miles. Road passes over a well cultivated and thickly inhabited plain.
Total distance, Tashkurghan to Yârkand, 188 miles.
ROUTE XI.
Route from Kila Panjah (WAKHAN) to Kila W mar (ROSHAN) along the river Panjah.
Authority Captain Trotter (,from Abdul Subhan.)
| Number of stages. | Names of places. | Country or district. | a â ° to .1' 4 | REMARKS. |
| 1 | Kila Panjah to Khan. dut. | Wakhân ... | 16 | A village with about 30 houses and mud fort. Road stony, passes through village of Parg at 2f miles, Pakui at 5f miles, and ruins of Ishnnirgh at 9 miles. From Pakui |
| 2 | Pigish .:. ... | Ditto ... | 6 | A village of 30 houses. Road good, and along left bank of river ; much cultivation. Supplies plentiful. |
| 3 | Shikharbi Pareshan... | Ditto ... | 20 | A scattered village of 30 houses. At 13 miles is the large village of Argund. Road bad and stony and along left bank of river. Supplies plentiful. |
| 4 | Patûr ... ... | Ditto ... | 17 | A frontier village between Wakhan and Ishkashim, subject to Mir of Wakhan, consisting of 25 houses, villages miles, and Kâzideh at 114 miles. From Sad Ishtrag a |
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| Kâshkaro. Four miles beyond Kâzideh the river turns |
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| . abruptly northwards, and is dangerous here for horses, as it passes over a narrow ledge of rock overhanging the river. Road stony. Supplies plentiful. |
| 5 | Yaghduru (Doyam) or 2nd. | Shikashim | 17 | A village of 15 houses. Valley in this march wider and river broader. At 6 miles is the large village of Ishka- shim of 60 houses. A road joins here from Faizabâd. |
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| At 8 miles village of Yaghduru (Aval) or first. |
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| Road good, and through rich cultivation. Supplies plen- tiful. |
| 6 | Barshltr... ... | Ghârân (Badak- shin.) | 9 | A small village belonging to the GMran district situated on the right bank of river Panjah. River forded 3 miles above village of Sar-i-Shakh, left bank avoided being dangerous for horses. Road stony and bad. Supplies |
| 7 | Nawâbâd ... | Ditto ... | 14 | A deserted village on the left bank, river recrossed at ford near deserted village of Kâzideh at a mile and half from |
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| Barshâr. Another road from Badakshin to Ghârân (aid |
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| Aghirda Pass) and to Shâkh Darrah valley, crosses at the same ford. At 5 miles is the deserted village of Zich, here. Cultivation scanty. Grass and wood plentiful. |
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