'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎496r] (996/1278)

KALEH-I-SAIYID ’ALI NAQl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Marvdasht plain, north-east of Shiraz, 17 miles from
Kinareh.— (Preece, 1892.)
KALEH-I-SANG— Lat. 29° 23' N. ; 55° 43' E. ; Elev.
A ruined fort about 8 miles south of Saidabad in the Sirj an district of
Kirman, of which province it is said to be an ancient capital. The fort,
which is also known as Kaleh-i-Baizeh, is shaped like an egg. Its direction
is from north-west to south-east, and it is about 400 yards long with a
breadth of about 200 yards. The white limestone rock on which it stands
rises about 300 feet above the plain and is a conspicuous landmark. The
area enclosed by the great outer wall is very considerable, and the town
must have held, in its prime, some 8,000 or 9,000 inhabitants.
An inner wall of defence, with swelling bastions and pierced with two
openings which must have been gates, rises at some distance from the
outer wall and the place must have been immensely strong.
There is nothing to indicate the actual age of the fortress, but an inscrip
tion on the rock shows that the hammam within the walls was constructed
in A. D. 1019. Kaleh-i-Sang was taken by Timur, and destroyed.
When the district recovered from the Tartar ravages a new capital was-
built, and named Shahr-i-Bi-Umidi, or the City of Despair. Upon the
Afghan invasion the old fort was again occupied, but was captured by the
enemy and, Shahr-i-Bi-Umidi having been destroyed, Saidabad was founded
by a certain Mirza Saiyid in its immediate proximity.— {Sykes, 1902 — New
comen, 1905.)
KALEH-I-SHAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village belonging to the Sahib Divan (Vazir of Ears in 1888), 11| miles
west of Isfahan (from the gate) on the road to Tihran-Karvan. {Schindler.).
KALEH-I-SHtJR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, 3 miles to the north of the road between Niriz and Khir, Ears..
— {Abbott.)
KALEH-I-SIAH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, in the plain of Firuzabad, Ears.— {Ross.)
KALEH-I-SURKH (1)— Lat. 31° 23' N. ; Long. 53° 41' E. ; Elev.
An old fort in Ears, about 70 miles from Yazd, on the western road from*
Shiraz to that place. There is a good db-ambdr here.— {MacGregor.)
KALEH-I-SURKH (2)—Lat. 33° 18' N. ; Long. 48° 6' E. ; Elev.
A place in Luristan, 28 miles from Khurramabad on the road to Dizful
via the Chimishk pass, from which it is distant 5 miles. It is situated on
the southern slopes of the Ghazal mountains. Not mentioned by Bell.—
{Schindler.)
KALEH-I-TANGAVlN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A fort in Khuzistan, near Dizful.— {War Office Report on Persia, Part
II, Route 123.)