'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎486r] (976/1278)

KAK-KAL
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KAKURIA (River)—
Is crossed 18 miles west of Khurramabad by the road from Kirmanshah
via Harsin, which then ascends its left bank for some little distance. Just
below is Kaka Riza. At the point of crossing it is a stream rushing
over a bouldery bed 20 yards wide, with a maximum depth of 2 feet.
The banks are low and grassy. A mile higher up it is divided into
several streams crossed by bridges of woven osier. Where it flows
through dense copses of willows and other trees, a favourite ambush for
robbers, close by the road turns south through the Takatu pass.—(R).
KALA-I-RUSTAM KHANI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, about 8 miles south of Deh
Kuhneh. It contains 80 houses inhabited by original Persians. Wheat
barley and tobacco are grown ; about 1,000 Hashim mans of tabacco yearly
are exported to Bushire via Bandar Rig. The villagers own 100 camels
and 100 donkeys.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the right bank of the Marun river, in the Hindian valley,
passed on the road from Behbehan to Gargari. It contains 1,000 inhabitants
of the Lur tribe and many Behbehanis, whose’occupations are cultivation
of dates, rice, and linseed. Resources : 300 cows, 250 donkeys, 20 horses,
2,000 sheep.— {Larimer.)
KALASFABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village and fort in Ears, about 2 miles from the lake of Nmz.~{Kinneir
— Abbott.)
KALASPAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain in Laristan down which the bed of the Ab-i-Zal river runs
near Tang-i-Zardavar.—( War Office Report on Persia, Part 11, Route 123.)
KALAT (1)— Lat. 29° N. ; Long. 53° 50' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears, about 15 miles north-east of Fasa, near the road, thence
to Niriz.— {Stotherd, 1893.)
KALAT (2)— Lat. 28° 22' N. ; Long. 51° 12' E. ; Elev.
A village on the coast of the Dashti district of Ears, 12 miles north-west
of Lavar. It contains 25 houses of Khanasir and Kabkanis. The
villagers are fishermen and grow corns annd dates. They have two large
boats.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALATEH— Lat. Long. Elev. 1,040'.
A ravine containing a scanty stream of brackish water which crosses the
Zurbatiyeh-Dizful road, 101 miles south-south-east of Deh Bala and some
7 miles to the south-east of the passage of the Maima river. A mile up the
ravine is the site of a Kurdish camp occupied almost throughout the year.
During the winter and spring many tents of Kurds are pitched on the
adjacent slopes, on which also are pastured large flocks and herds. There
is much grass on the adjacent spurs. In spring there is some wheaf and
barley, and in October the banks of the ravine to the south of the road
are lined with fields of Indian corn.
On a rocky hill above the right bank are the remains of an ancient
fort, and on a stony slope to the south-east the ruins of the city of
Serram.— {Burton.)
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