The name, however, only applies after the harvest has been gathered, for next to Mastung this is one of the most fertile spots in Baluchistan.

Dasht-bi-Dowlat is mainly cultivated by wandering tribes.

The inhabitants of Mastung were enthusiastic in their description of the plain in summer.

Then, they told us, the surface is covered with verdure and flowers of all kinds, especially the "lala," or tulip, which they averred cover it for miles with a carpet of crimson and gold, and load the air with sweet intoxicating perfume.

The cultivation of this plain is mostly dependent on rain and heavy dews.
To the west of Dasht-bi-Dowlat is Chehel-Tan, a steep, rocky mountain, 13,000 feet high, in the ravines and valleys of which snow still lay deeply.