The greater part of the English goods sold at Herat are imported by Karachi and Kandahar - a fact which testifies to the great insecurity of trade between Meshed and Herat.
The great cities of Bombay, Karachi and Poona suffered most severely.
The fast weekly steamer stops only at Karachi, Bushire and Mohammerah on its way to Basra.
Kuwait is connected by land line with Basra; Jask is connected by a land line to Karachi.
It includes also the Makran coast lines, running from Jask to Guadur, and thence to Karachi.