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the summit of the range close by. Roads from here to Qasr-i-Shirm
56 miles, to Sar-i-Pul 29 miles, and Kirmanshah about 80 miles.—
( Vaughan.)
KALEH SHAIK (1)— Lat. 31° 3' N. ; Long. 49° 39' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Ramuz district, 12 miles south by east of Ramuz town in
the angle between the Ramuz and Marun river at their junction. It con
tains 100 houses, chiefly of an Arab tribe called Mir. The inhabitants
possess about 35 rifles. Arsalan Khan and Hasan Khan are the proprietors.
Some buffaloes are kept. A fort belonging to the place stands on the
opposite or right bank of the Ramuz river.— (Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALEH SHAIKH (2)—Lal. Long. Elev.
A gorge in a range of rugged hills on the right bank of the Rud-i-Zard,
12 miles south-west of Ram Hormuz. The junction with the Jarrahi
is probably at this gorge.— {Burton, 1903.)
KALEH SHAIKH (3)—Lat. 32° 21' N. ; Long. 48° 38' E. ; Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, 4 miles south of Dizful, on the east side
of the river Diz. It contains 300 houses and two forts, and is inhabited
by Dizfulis and a few Lurs settled there from old times. The lands are
irrigated from the Kulangan canal, and produce indigo and pen reeds.—
{Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
KALEH SHIKASTEH—
An isolated rocky hill on the western extremity of the Marvdasht plain.—
(Grahame, 1908.)
KALEH SHIR—
The remains of the strong old fort said to have been built by Mahammad
Muzaffar, near Deh-i-Shlr in the Pusht-i-Kuh sub-division of Yazd. To the
east is a flat-topped hill, with scarped sides, like the “ Droogs ” of Souths
India of the same name.— {MacGregor.)
KALEH SHUR— Lat. Long. Elev. 4,950'.
A small village in the province of Isfahan, 12 miles south-east *1,
first caravan and post stage {see Margh) from, that city Popil a t lon
200, engaged in agricultural pursuits. Chief cultivation : ba^ey azfd wheat
Caravanserai with limited supplies, and brackish water fw>Bi qanats.
{Arbuthnot, 1905.)
KALEH SIRHAN— Lat. 29° 17' N. ; Long. 50° 53' R ; ^ev.
A village in the Rudhilleh district of Ears, on the right bank of the Rud-
hilleh stream opposite ’Askari. The route from -Sushire to Muhammare
crosses the stream between these two places by a ford the river here
being 100 yards w ide, 3 feet 6 inches deep, with a sluggish current and a
firm bottom.
The village contains 40 houses, § of Sunni Ka’b Arabs who are^ said to
originate from Fallahiyeh and 1 of Shi’ah Persians from Shabankare .
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