'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎514r] (1032/1278)

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KARABEH— Lat. Long.
A place oil the coast of Khuzistan, situated below Khur Vasteh and
towards ’All Maidan. Bmeks describes it as a piece of broken ground with
irregular soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. of from 5 to 6 or 18 fathoms. The natives say that
traditions mentions a city formerly standing on this place, and say the
irregularity of the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. is caused by the ruins of the buildings.—
{Bruchs.)
KARABAS (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village and pass in Ears, the former situated on the Daliki river under
the hill Dudu ; the latter, which is also called Dang-i-Balai about 1,000
feet above, at an elevation of 6,000 feet. {Durand.)
KARA BtfLAGH— Lat. Long. Elev.
Some ruins in Ears between Madavan and Lij on the road from Darab
to Shiraz via Nlriz.— {Ousetley.)
KARA CHAl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A clan of the Qashqai Iliats, who inhabit the country from Sug-i-Shun
near Kazarun, in Ears to Kumeh and Maurak near Khusrau Shirin. They
number some 800 families and possess 100 mules, bred by themselves.
Mares, however, are not kept for breeding purposes. Haji Farz ’AH Beg
was their chief in 1880.— {Ross.)
KARAISHAN (1), vide KARUN River.
KARAISHAN (2)—Lat. 31° 14' N. ; Long. 48° 39' E. ; Elev.
An island in the river Karun, 2 miles below the village of the same name.
.—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1808.)
KARAND River, vide KARUN.
KARA St—
A river of western Persia which, rising in Kurdistan, flow’s in a south
easterly direction, passing a few miles to the east of Kirmanshah town. It
is joined at a spot about 15 miles south-east of this place by the Gama-sib.
The united rivers then enter Luristan, flowing south-west through Hulllan
to Saimarreh, where they join, and help to make the main stream of the
Karkeh. The upper course of this river is outside the scope of this volume,
but details will be found in Volume ll.—{Plowden—Vaughan, 1897.)
KARASUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hand or weir of the Band Amir river {g.v.) in the Marvdasht plain of
Ears.— {Hopkins, 1903.)
KARDILtf SHUMBEH— Lat. 28° 14' N.; Long. 51° 51' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, on the main Bushire-Bandar
’Abbas route between the stages of Shumbeh and Baghan, and 10| miles
south-south-east of the former village. The village contains 30 mat huts
and a grove of date trees. A little wheat and barley are grown, but the
supplies available are insignificant ; here is good and plentiful water, and
kiindr bushes afford a supply of fuel. The camping-ground here is good,
as is also the grazing. Native information says tnat a road leads from
here to Daiyir on the sea-coast, 32 miles distant—{Butcher, 1888.)