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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)-concluded. |
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ROUTE XI.
Route from Kila Panjah (WAKHAN) to Kila Wamar (ROSHAN) along the river Panjah.
Authority Captain Trotter (from Abdul Subhan)—concluded.
| Number of stages. | Names of places. | Country or district. | Distance in miles. | REMARKS. |
8 | Darmárakht | Shighnán | 11½ | Camp on the left bank. Darmárakht is on the opposite bank from whence supplies are procured by means of a wooden bridge thrown across the river, which is about 150 yards wide here. From Nawabád at 3 miles is the large village of Shekh Beg in ruins, and further on the road runs through a tunnel called Kugus Parín, or "hole in the rock." Road bad and stony. The Kugus Parín in the boundary between Gháran and Shighnán.
9 | Viár | Ditto | 14½ | A scattered village of about 40 houses. At two miles from Darmárakht a large tributary of the Panjah river called Arakht is crossed by a strong wooden bridge. At 9½ miles the road ascends and traverses the Mithinz and Tareb passes. Road bad and stony. Supplies plentiful.
10 | Kila Bar Panjah | Ditto | 5½ | A large town on the left bank, the capital of Shighnán. Adjacent to it stands a stone fort on the margin of the river. At Dasht-i-Khust, the river Sachán falls into the Panjah. At 3½ miles is the small village of Deh-i-Murghán. Road good. Supplies plentiful.
11 | Sácharb | Ditto | 9 | A village of 20 houses on the right bank. Sácharb is reached by crossing the river either by ferry at Kila Bar Panjah, or by ford at the village of Dishár at 3 miles lower down. Yumj village is at 4½ miles from Sacharb. Road good. Supplies plentiful.
12 | Kila Wámar | Roshan | 22 | A large town, the capital of Roshán, situated about 1½ miles above the junction of the Murghábí river with the Panjah. Fort and town on the high bank of the Panjah. At 13 miles is the small village of Past Khúst. At 16 miles stands the Darband tower, built on a rock. This is the boundary between Shignán and Roshan.
Total distance | 161½
ROUTE XII.
YÁRKAND TO AKSU. AUTHORITY, CAPTAIN CHAPMAN.
BHAN SING.
FROM YÁRKAND TO AKSÚ AND ONWARDS.
1. Yárkand, Terek Langar, 7 tash,* Ek Shamba and Char Shamba Bazaars en route; cultivation and gardens to within one mile of the halting ground.
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