"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٠] (٧٢٢/٢٨٤)

procurable. The ruins and slag of copper furnaces in the neighbourhood
speak to the mineral wealth of the district. Gold is said to exist in the
Zarkuh mountains, 20 miles distant.— {Stewart.)
KHAR, TL 1 RAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A buluk of Shahrud-o-Bustan district to the east of Biarjumand. It con
sists of a desert tract with seven or eight hamlets, watered by springs from
the low ridges on the edge of the desert. The Turshm road passes through
the villages of Khar and Turan. Beyond the briluk to the east lies only
a single large village Durunib, about 20 miles from the town of Turshiz.
Its inhabitants are said to be of pure Persian descent.— {Napier.)
KHAR TURAN— Lat. , Long. • Elev.
The name given to a low range of hills in the same locality as above, on
the western border of the Turshiz district.— {Napier.)
KHAR-ULTJN—Lat. 38° 5' O' 7 , Long. 55° 26' 0"; Elev.
A ford over the Sumbar about 15 miles below that of Duz-Ulun.— {Intel
ligence Department, JFar Office.)
KHARWAJ— Lat. 33° 36' 0", Long. 59° 5' 0"; Elev. ' {St. John).
A village in Khurasan situated on the northern side of the Gudar or
pass of Khanik, about 8 miles south of Kam. It is a flourishing village
of eighty or ninety houses. The people are chiefly Saiyids, and have a
decidedly Tatar cast of features. They possess fruit gardens and fields
of saffron and grain, as also wool-producing cattle. Being of patrician
race, they scorn manual labour, and-have it performed by men-servants of
a lower order. This village suffered greatly in the famine of 1870-72.—*
{Goldsmid, Bellow, Rozario.)
KHASANAK— Lat. - , Long. ' ; Elev. ^
A village in Khurasan, 18 miles from Kalandarabad and 2 miles west
of the road from Mashhad to Herat.— {Khanikoff.)
KHASRlJ— Lat. 37° 22' O'", Long. 59° 25' 30" ; Elev. ' {Stewart).
A village in the Atak district of Khurasan, 5 miles from Abivard on the
road to Daraghaz. It contains some 100 houses of Turkurnan subjects
of Daraghaz, and has water and supplies.— [MacGregor.)
KHAUF— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ^
A mountain range in Khurasan between Kariz and Mashhad.— {Mac
Gregor.)
KHAUR— Lat. 36° 36' 0", Long. 60° 12' 0"; Elev. '{Napier).
A village pass in Khurasan, on the road from Mashhad to Kalat-i-Nadin
by Kuratayan. The road here is very difficult and stony. The village con
tains some 100 houses ; it lies at the head of the Ciiacna valley, 33
miles by road from Kalat. The stream from which the pass takes its name
runs from west to east; and after passing through a rocky fissure one-third
of a mile in length, loses itself in a swamp 20 miles beyond new
Chacha.— {MacGregor, Petrusevitch.)
KHAWAR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of Khurasan about 14- miles from Nishapur on the left of the
road to Mashhad. It is situated at the foot or a range of hills, which
takes its name from the village.—(ANAa>.)
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