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Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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Booksam (or Bask Bonkeem) .
Kolu.
Badlik Kotagh (or Bedelik Kudok).
Nurs-shakiim. Stages through desert
Balfuz-nakiim.
Khal.
Darialoe.
Mahtung. Here cultivation is encountered.
Karatal (Kkaratal) .
Besh-turkimirum (Besh-arik) .
Aksii.
These are stages for donkeys, the chief trade being carried on with donkeys-copper, rice, iron, gold silk, and country cotton cloths going from Khotan. A trader with horses will accomplish the journey in 10 stages.
NOTE.-This route would appear to be reliable. Names in italics are found by me in Klaproth's Map.-H. T.
ROUTE XXIV.
FROM Khotan TO Poll (DIRECT). AUTHORITY CAPTAIN CHAPMAN, FROM NATIVE INFORMATION.
Khotan to-
Sampiila ... ... 3 tash. 1
Hasha ... ... 3 tash. These six marches are through
Ganju-tagh . . . ... 3 tash. A large town. cultivated lands with small
Mira ... ... ... 4 tash. villages. No rivers encoun-
Imam Mazar or Chehar Imam, 4 tash. I tend.
Polu ... . . . ... 5 tash.
NOTE.-This route agrees very well with another procured by me from a different source.-H. T.
ROUTE XXV.
KHOTAN TO CHARCHAND AND KURLA. AUTHORITY CAPTAIN TROTTER, COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES OF NATIVE INFORMATION.
Khotan to-
Naia. At a day's journey from Naia in a southerly direction lie the
Sorghak gold fields. The river, from Sorghak flows by Naia and passes in a northerly direction to Mazar Imam Jafr Sadik, a favourite place of pilgrimage, two days' journey north of Naia. From Naia to Charchand lie two roads across the desert, the northern road passes the camps of-
9. | Baliklik. | 14. | Kara Buran. |
10. | Yer-tunguz. | 15. | Yantagh Kuduk. |
11. | Haidil-shah Kuduk. | 16. | Kok-muran. |
12. | Andhira. | 17. | Yang-arik. |
13. | Shiodang. | 18. | Charchand. |
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1.. Ch ira | 35 | „ |
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Karakia ... | 25 |
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Kiria ... | 27i | „ | Vide Route XIV. |
Ui Toghrak | 15 | ,, |
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Yessulghun. |
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Auras. |
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