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KALPtfSH— Lat. 37° 12' 0", Long. 56° 5' 0"; Elev.
An elevated plateau in the eastern Alburz mountains, 25 miles north-west
of Jajarm, and south-east of Gurgan. It is well wooded and watered, and
is fertile ; it measures 10 or 12 by 6 or 8 miles.— (Napier.)
KALTA CHANAR— Lat. 37° 46' 0", Long. 56° 45' O''; Elev.
The site of a large deserted village in northern Khurasan, on the road
from Bujnurd to Kara Kala, and about 45 miles distant from the former
town.'— (Napier.)
KALTA CHANAR— Lat. 37° 36' 0", Long. 58° 29'0" ; Elev.
A cluster of Turkuman villages, three in number, all fortified, and
situated on the stream that flows from Durangar to Annau. They belong
to the Persian province of Daraghaz in northern Khurasan.— (Baker, Gill.)
There are altogether about 100 houses of Sunnis—a remnant of the
populations of the old towns of the Atak, viz., Mihna, Annau, Askabad.
— (Napier.) .
A Persian official is stationed here, and is supposed to examine foreigner’s
passports; but nothing is gained by this measure, as only a few Armenian
traders pass along this route. There is no one at Baba Durmaz ; and
Russians are allowed to pass freely through Lutfabad without questions
being asked.
The Kalta Chanar valley, in which the villages are situated, contains seven
hamlets altogether, and forms one of the buluks of Daraghaz. It is formed
by the junction of the Kopet Dagh and the Zar-i-Kuh, and terminates
in a gorge through which rushes the Kalta Chanar stream, which flows to
Annau. The total length of the valley is 8 miles.— (Baker, Gill, Napier,
Con die Stephens, Petrusevitch.)
KALUDAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A walled village in Khurasan, containing 300 houses on the road from
Nishapur to Earah, 4 stages from the former.— (War Office Report on
Persia, Part II, Route 176.)
KAMA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '•
A village in Khurasan, 12 miles north of Turbat-i-Haidarf, on the road
to Mashhad.— (MacGregor.)
KAMAISTAN— Lat. 36° 33' 50", Long. 57° 19' 0"; Elev. 4,000'._
A small village in Khurasan, situated in the Jagatai mountains, on the
road from Shahrud to Mashhad by Jagatai. Prior to the famine years of
1870-72, it contained 150 houses and a population of 700 or 800 ; but
depending for its water-supply on one of the mountain streams, and
having no karez water, it was entirely depopulated. An amil, or
collector, has been settled in the village, to prevent a fresh desertion of
the desolate ruins, and to bring it into a revenue-paying condition. It
produces good crops of wheat and barley, though the water-supply is
scanty.— (Napier.)
KAMI H—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hamlet of Khurasan in the Kakh buluk, which is said to be the richest
in the Tabas province. It contains some 20 houses, and is situated on the
road from Kakh to Bajistan. Between the latter town and Kamih, a dis
tance of 14 miles, there is a scarcity of water. (Belleio.)
KAMlH BALA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Khurasan, 16 miles from Turbat-i-Haidari, on a load thence to
Mashhad. This is an easier pass than that of Gudar-i-Baidar on the