'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎574v] (1153/1278)

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568 KHU—KHO
west of the road and is situated in the midst of trees and cultivation. It
is the residence of the Khan of the Baharlu tribe. Water here is plentiful
and is obtained from streams.— (Vaughan, 1890.)
KHUT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Southern Khuzistan, near Dauraq, inhabited by the A]
Muqaddam section of the Ka’b tribe.— (Felly.)
KHUVADAN, see SHIBKUH Ports.
KHUWAINIS—
A canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan, on the left bank
of the river Jarrahi, with which it is connected. There are gardens, and
30 fadddns of land are irrigated, cultivated by Bait Iblal Arabs dependent
on the Ka’b, who live in reed and mat huts and have 30 fighting men, of
whom 20 are mounted and have rifles.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUWAISEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
An island in the river Karun, opposite Qraneh.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
KHUWlSEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A locality with some rising ground in Southern ’Arabistan, north-west
of Maqtu, and on the boundary of the Fallahieh district.— (Foreign Depart
ment Gazetteer, 1908).
KHUZISTAN— Lat. 30° to 32° 30'; Long. 48° to 51° ; Elev.
A province of Persia, situated in its extreme south-west corner. It is
bounded north and east by Luristan and the Bakhtiari mountains, south by
the province of Fars and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and west by the Shatt-al-’Arab
and the Pashalik of Baghdad.
Layard gives the following boundaries of Khuzistan :—
“ The following are at present generally considered as its proper bound
aries ; —To the north and the east mountains of the great chain on which
the first snow usually falls ; to the west the river Karkheh, although the
pastures on its western bank are inhabited by tribes under the Yali
(Governor) of Hawizeh, and are usually considered as Persian ground ; to
the south the Jarrahi or Kurdistan river, and a line drawn across the desert
from the Karun to the Karkheh, a few miles above the junction of each of
the rivers with the Shatt-al-’Arab, or Euphrates ; to the east the Kurdistan.
Within this province, therefore, are included the towns of Shushtar, Dizful
and Hawizeh, the plain of Ram Hormuz, the Bakhtiari, part of the Faili
and part of the Ka’b Arabs : the latter tribes, however, have hitherto
been assessed by the Governor of Fars. Behbehan, although in our maps
included in the province of Khuzistan, is properly in that of Fars.
“ Khuzistan has a length of about 200 miles from Kaleh-i-Rizeh to the
Jarrahi river, a breadth of 130 miles from Muhammareh to the northern
mountains, and an area of 25,677 square miles.
“It is divided politically and administratively into two districts, viz.,
that of the Shaikh of the Ka’b Arabs and the Government of Shushtar.
Its southern portion is composed of low-lying plains indented by numerous
khurs, or inlets, and often inundated by the rivers which run through it