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KALANDA.RABAD — Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of Khurasan, in the Khaf buluk of Turbat-i-Haidan.— [Bel-
lew.)
KALA NTJR VARDI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
Formerly an Akhal Turkuman fort, 20 miles north-west of Gok-Tapa on
the line to Kizil-Arvat.— [MacGregor.)
KALA PAlN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An outwork of Birjand, situated at the end of a spur west of that town. It
is a square of 100 yards, with walls 40 feet high, built on the riverbank, which
is scarped to the north, and the approach to it all round is difficult and steep.
If put into good repair, the place might offer a respectable resistance. At
present there is cover close up to it, and the walls and loopholes are in such
a state, that the former could not be manned. About 1,500 yards to the east
on a hill above the village is an excellent site for a battery, which would com
mand the fort. The water-supply is precarious, being dependent on good
rain.— ( MacGregor.)
KALA SAFlD*— Lat. , Long. ,• Elev.
A fortified village in Khurasan, about 40 miles south of Mashhad and 2
miles west of Rubat-i-Safid.— (Bellew.)
KALA SAFID*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village about 63 miles from Kain on the i’oad to Turbat-i-Haidan, between
Kakh and Zibad. The valley in which it is situated is exceedingly fertile.—
[llozario.)
KALA SHADILTJKA—Lat. , Long. ;Elev.
A fort in Khurasan, on the road from Mashhad to Marv, 52 miles from the
former.— [War Office Report on Persia, Part II, Route 159.)
KALAT— Lat. • , Long. ; Elev. '.
A larqn village in the Shahrud buluk of the Shahrud-i-Bustan district. It is
situated on the eastern shoulder of Khushilak, and contains 200 houses.—
[Napier.)
KALAT— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small village in Khurasan, about 15 miles from Khaf, on the road to
Gunabad.— [KhaniJcoff.)
KALAT— Lat. 34° 12' 13"; Long. 58° 29' 30" ; Elev. ' [Lentz).
A village in Khurasan, 9 miles from Kakh, on the road to Mashhad. It
contains some 130 houses and is charmingly situated on a high hill; it lies
in a semi-circle of gardens, watered by numerous streams from the heights
above. Numerous fruit trees, such as the walnut, mulberry, peach, apricot,
pomegranate, vine, grow here in rich luxuriance. Opium for the market at
Yazd^is extensively cultivated in the neighbouring valley, as well as cotton.
The inhabitants are Persians ; and there are a few houses of a tribe called
Zanyin. An old fort commands the village; but being in ruins, itself
commanded at close range, and its water-supply being easily stopped, it
has no strength whatever.— [Bellew, Goldsmid, MacGregor.)
KALATA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A "roup of villages in the Sarhad buluk of the Shahrud district. The
name means “ tlnfhamlets,” of which there are five, viz., —Kuhun, Bikaran,
Yunistan, Askarabad, and Kurdabad. It is situated 47 miles from Sharif-
abad, on the road to Shahrud, from which it is distant 54 miles.
* The “ White Fort.”