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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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5. Khaizak-vil, 14½ 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).
6. 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 11½ miles) and the Kizil Diwan.
7. Kizil-tagh, 15½ 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.
8. Yak-arik, 23½ miles.—Good road over the "Shaitan kum" or "Devil's sand."
9. Yárkand, 20 miles. Road passes over a well cultivated and thickly inhabited plain.
Total distance, Tashkurghan to Yárkand, 188 miles.
ROUTE XI.
Route from Kila Panjah (WAKHAN) to Kila Wánar (ROSHAN) along the river Panjah.
Authority Captain Trotter (from Abdul Subhan.)
[Table with columns: Number of stages. | Names of places. | Country or district. | Distance in miles. | Remarks.]
1 | Kila Panjah to Khan-dut. | Wakhán ... | 16 | A village with about 30 houses and mud fort. Road stony, passes through village of Parg at 2½ miles, Pakul at 5½ miles, and ruins of Ishmúrgh at 9 miles. From Pakul to Khandút is a dense forest of stunted poplar trees.
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 | Patúr ... | Ditto ... | 17 | A frontier village between Wakhan and Ishkashim, subject to Mir of Wakhan, consisting of 25 houses, villages passed on road are Verg at 7 miles, Sad Ishtrag at 10 miles, and Kázideh at 11½ miles. From Sad Ishtrag a road strikes off southward to Chitral, the capital of Káshkaro. Four miles beyond Kázideh the river turns 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. | Shikashím ... | 17 | A village of 15 houses. Valley in this march wider and river broader. At 6 miles is the large village of Ishkashim of 60 houses. A road joins here from Faizabád. At 8 miles village of Yaghdúru (Aval) or first. Road good, and through rich cultivation. Supplies plentiful.
6 | Barshár... | Ghárán (Badak-shán.) | 9 | A small village belonging to the Ghárán district situated on the right bank of river Panjah. River forded 3 miles above village of Sar-i-Shakb, left bank avoided being dangerous for horses. Road stony and bad. Supplies plentiful.
7 | Nawábád | Ditto ... | 14 | A deserted village on the left bank, river recrossed at ford near deserted village of Kázideh at a mile and half from Barshár. Another road from Badakhshán to Ghárán (vid Aghintu Pass) and to Shikh Darrah valley, crosses at the same ford. At 5 miles is the deserted village of Zich, on the opposite bank of river is a ruby mine. No supplies here. Cultivation scanty. Grass and wood plentiful.
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