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Southern Tibet : vol.7 |
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names at all on the mountain ranges. Even the name of Himalaya is missing, by
which he probably wishes to point out that this name has rather a poetical and
religious sense and is nearly unknown to the *profanum vulgus*. There is no Kwen-
lun and no Kara-korum Range, only the Kara-korum Pass situated in a range which
has nearly the same form as on the maps of WALKER and THOMSON. The range
with the Mustagh Pass, being the High Kara-korum, and with the word Glacier
entered at some places, is connected with the range where the Shayok and Nubra
have their sources. The High Kara-korum continues to the N. W. straight through
Pamir. The real Kwenlun is hardly indicated.
Of some interest is the Narrative of the Travels of Khwajah (Khoja) AHMED
SHAH NUKSHBUNDI SYUD who started from Kashmir on the 28th of October, 1852,
and went through Yarkand, Kokan, Bokhara and Kabul, in search of Mr. WYBURD.¹
Ahmed Shah who left Kashmir at the above date, went first to Leh, where he
remained for a month and 18 days, awaiting the arrival of a caravan and making
preparations for his journey to Yarkand. The report of his journey is written by
himself and communicated by the Government of India.
On January 7th, 1853, he left Leh for Yarkand, »the road to which is through
a rocky barren country, and through defiles». The following is what he observed:
»From Ladak to Lamakut is five days' journey. Lamakut is a haltingplace with a
few huts. A fordable stream coming down from the direction of Ladak flows past
Lamakut. From there to Ak Musjid is 30 marches. The country is totally unin-
habited. The Kurra Koorum Mountains have to be crossed on the road. There are
two roads, known as the Maryhan and Ekdan; the former is the summer road. There
are three passes on this line.» The tract between the Kurra Koorum Range and
Lamakut, a distance of three days' journey, is called Dubsun, which, during winter,
is blocked up with snow, rendering this road impassable. The Ekdan (snow) or
winter way was, according to the people of those parts, blocked up for 22 years,
and water accumulating above it caused the snow at last to give away and they
say that this was the cause of the great flood of the Indus in 1840. This is the
route almost always now followed by the Kufilahs, and is two marches shorter than
the other.»
He found the »snow» melting at some distance from the ground, leaving
masses in the shape of large trees, from which hung icicles, and between which he
moved along. He believed himself wandering in the midst of a sea of crystal. On
the top of the snow were large rocks and stones of a red and white colour. To
cross this sort of country took him half a day. »The Kurra Koorum is a small
mountain, but when a wind, which is known as the sootuk, blows, the air becomes
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