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KATtGiRD —Lat. ,Lo^g.> ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, close to Khaf.— [Clerk.)
KARIAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of Khurasan, 26 miles from Khaf, on the road to Charaks.—
[Stewart.)
KAR-I-CHAKCHA— Lat. , Long. : Elev.
A village of the Kalat district, Khurasan, near the frontier. It was
once occupied by Persians, but the Turkumans demolished it, and a new
settlement sprang up at Taza-Chakeha, about 10 miles west of the former
one. Both Kar-i-Chakcha and Taza-Chakcha stand on the Khaur stream.
The new settlement is situated at the entrance of the Khaur in a rocky
fissure, | of a mile long. Old Chakcha stood on the plain, and was not
naturally defended ; while the mountains, which close in the former, are
perfectly impassable.— [Petrusevitch.)
KARI KALA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A fort in the Russian province of Trans-Caspia. It lies on the borders
of Khurasan, 30 miles from Kizil-Arvat. Round it is a large extent of cul
tivated land, which is irrigated by the stream upon which the fort is built.
This stream contains about 10 sengs of water. Not long ago Kari Kala
was in the possession of the Persians; but they were unable to retain
possession of it, and it is now occupied by Goklan immigrants from the
Khivan territory to the number of 1,000 families.— [T/iomson.)
KARlM DADf—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A subdivision of the frontier tribe of Taimuris.— -[Thomson.)
KARISH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. / .
A village in the Nimbuluk division of the Ghain district of Khurasan.
— [Beiiew )
KARlZ DAGlZ—L at. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, 32 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to Mashhad,
situated on the border of a vast plain. It is a miserable place.— [Fraser.)
KARRAB—Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A biiluk of Sabzawar in Khurasan. It consists of 8 villages extending
from the foot of the hills north-west of Sabzawar. It is well watered by
springs and kanats, and has wood plantations and orchards. Silk and
cotton are raised.— [Napier.)
KASAULI, or KASAULI KHtf SRTJ— Lat. , Long. ;
Elev.
A large Turkuman village in northern Khurasan belonging to the dis
trict of Daraghaz. It lies on the road between Lutfabad and Abivard near
the village of Makdum. These Turkumans paid one-tenth of the produce
as revenue to the Persian governor of Daraghaz in the same way as the
Persian villages.— [Stewart.)
KASBA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
One of the nine buluks composing the district of Sabzawar in Khurasan.
It is the level central tract of the district in which the town of Sabzawar
is situated. It is comparatively fertile, well peopled, and productive.
There are many kanats, and fine crops of cotton and silk are raised. The
people are of mixed Arab, Ajam, and Turk race ; the Turks being probably
Baiats. There are 40 principal villages.— [Bellew, Napier.)