'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎160r] (326/820)

KAJDARAKHT—
A village of 20 houses, 10 miles from Turbat-i-Haidail, on the road to
Turshiz. The inhabitants possess 30 cattle and 15 donkeys .—(Winter
1905.) ^
KlKA ’AJAB—
A mountain in Northern Khorasan, 10 miles north-west of Shirvan
and 2,000 feet above the level of the valley.— {Napier.)
KAKASIM—
A village of 30 houses in Khoratan, 3 miles north-west of Bijistan.
KAKH—Lat. 34° 10 f 0"; Long, 58° 36' 0"; Elev. 5,300—(ffaZiter) ;
4,913 / .— {Napier).
A village in Khorasan, 90 miles from Turbat-i-Haidan, 13 miles from
J&min (or Jumand) and 15 miles from Khizri on the road to Birjancl.
It is situated on rising ground, up a barren, stony slope at the mouth of
a ravine, at the base of the lofty Siah Kuh hills bounding the valley of
G\ii abaci to the south and west. The population, in 1872, consisted of
some 500 families; but it had suffered greatly from the famine of the pre
ceding year. At present the village, which is a good sized one, contains
about 1,500 houses, and possesses 100 cattle and 2,000 sheep. The land
under cultivation is mostly terraced out on the slope below the village. Its
water-supply from four qanats and fifty natural springs is excellent.
Muttas and Saiyids, of course, abound in the village, where there is
also a madraseh, or college, two masjids, two caravanserais and 30 miscel
laneous shops. Two ancient mud citadels, constructed one within the
other, form another remarkable feature in the village. They were built
on an elevation above the village, with high walls and flanking towers,
were connected by a draw-bridge, and each had an independent supply
. of water, but they are in ruins now. The principal manufactures in the
town are iron agricultural implements and small, inlaid pocket saws, for
which there are as many as 40 iron-wwkers’ shops, and a kind of silk
embroidery, called kaslnda. A considerable quantity of opium is grown ;
supplies cheap and plentiful.—(Gb&taid ; Bellew; MacGreqor ; H.D. Navier •
C. E. fate.) H
KAKLAN—
A_ village in Darreh Gaz (NorthernKhorasan), a little to the north of the
Zarrin Kuh range and at the base of it.— {Petnisemtch.)
KALAT (No. 1)—
A large village in the Shahrud buluk of the Shahrfid-Bustam district*
It is situated on the eastern shoulder of Khush Yallaq and contains 200
houses.— {Napier.)
KALAT (No. 2)—
A small village in Khorasan, about 15 miles from Khaf on the road to
Gunabad.— {Khanikoff.)
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