‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎116v] (237/722)

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KADAGAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '
A forge walled village in the Bayah subdivision of Turbat-i-Haida/
Khurasan. It is 43 miles from Bajistan on the road to Nfshapur. fe rr i ^
said it contained 1,050 houses.— {Ferrier, Bellew.)
K ADAMGAH*— Lat. 36° V 21", Long. 59° 2' 30" ; Elev. 4,m:—[Lemm )
A village m Khurasan, 36 miles west of Mashhad. It has a fort on a
hill 600 feet abo\e the plain, which might be made a strong position
There is a magnificent avenue of cedar trees in a fine garden, watered hy
a clear stream, in the centre of which is a neat little mosque containing a
stone with the imprint of the Imam Rizafo foot upon it. It is inhabited
by Saiyids, and is one of the places to which Persians make pilgrimages.
There is a road, called the Kadamgah route, which goes by this villao-e
from Mshapur to Mashhad. It is easier than the alternative route of
Dihrud, but is longer. There is a magnificent view of the plain of
Mshapur from the iort.—(Connolly, Ferrier, Clerk, Eashoick.)
KADtJGAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 75 miles south-east of Nfshapur, on the road to
Tun. It contains 150 houses, inhabited by Persians, and is walled-
(Ferrier l)
K AIA H ( Kafar, Arabic for a Desert/ - ’)— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '
St. John says this name is used in the south of Persia to designate the
salt marsh, or “ Kavfr/'’ of the north.
KAFGlRf— -Lat. ^ , Long. ; Elev. 3,200/
A village of Khurasan, 17 miles from Mshapur on the road to Yazd. It
contains oO houses, a hammdm, and a shed, that does duty for a mosque,
in which travellers are lodged; but there is no caravansarai. The water is
^ good and plentiful from kandis, and some supplies are obtainable.—(Gh7/.)
KAIIit KALA Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
Am Afghan outpost on the direct road between Herat and Mashhad.
It is just within the Afghan boundary and 5 miles from Kusan on the
. an , i /, ' i c iiere are here the remains of an old fort on a mound, and be-
ow i lose of a veiy fine caravansarai. Abdul Kudus Khan, governor of
Herat, intended in 1382 to repair the fort and generally strengthen the
place.— (Stewart.) » j &
KAEIRKALAt-L.T. 35° 58' 0", Long. 59° 23 / - 30"; Elev. 5,025'.-
^ Khurasan, 43 miles from Turbat-i-Haidan on the road
0 ... as 1 a h' 16 111 u h fort is small and not in very good repair, but its
posit io n on a steep and isolated hillrenders it decidedly strong. The sides
0 . ns 11 al< f occu pied by huts and tents, which are inhabited by Turks,
m U r e 1 f a ‘! ^ anC ^ ^- ar ^ ar features proclaim them as being of pure
ui v oo . e fort would be difficult to take without artillery. There
lS fl .^ 0 1 0 8 ia ^ m U n eai the village; and a range of hills in the vicinity
a on s exce ent sa t, which is sold in large quantities at Mashhad and the
neighbouring towns,— (Bellew,- k Goldsmid, Stewart.)
KAFSHlGfRI Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
f V1 . a T e U ] 1 ^ f ! e P r0v ^ nce °f Astarabad, 3 farsangs, or about 10 miles,
from Astarabad town on the road to Barfarush by Gaz. It has about 150
houses. 1 here is fi ne forest land about here.—(Holmes.)
* I he “ Place of ^he Foot/; I f The “ Cooking Spoon. » ~
+ Rhann, m Colonel Walker’s Map, 1878.