‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎149r] (302/722)

KILHATA— Lat. 37° 27' 0", Long. 58° 42' 0"; Elev. ' (Stewart).
A village in northern Khurasan, 20 miles north-west of Muhammadabad,
in Daraghaz.— (Stewart.)
KILlCHABAD —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A small fort and village in Khurasan, 24 miles from Mashhad, on the
road to Sarakhs by Ak- Darband. It contains some thirty houses of Taimuris,
and has a fair bit of cultivation around.— -(MacGregor.)
KILKILAB, OR probably KALKI-AB*— Lat* 38° Y O'', Long. 57° 39' 0" :
Elev. y .
A village in northern Khurasan, on the borders of the Atak, and near the
source of the Shirin Chai. It is one of the four villages in the Khush-
khana district. — (Intelligence Department, War Office : Taylor, Thomson^
KIMAK— Lat. 30° 51' 0", Long. 61° 40' 0' / ; Elev. ' (St. John).
A town and fort in Persian Sistan, situated on the great canal, about
3 miles from Burj-i-Alam Khan. Since it became Persian, it has in
creased from a small hamlet to a respectable town. The surrounding
country is an undulating sandy plain. The hollows are freely irrigated
and covered with corn crops, orchards, and vineyards. In these hollows the
ground is very heavy, and numerous little water-cuts run in every direc
tion. The fort is a large square mud building, with a high octagonal
tower, and is situated at the south-west corner of the town, which runs
in straggling rows of houses for about 400 yards along the canal bank,
and is surrounded by crenelated and loopholed walls. The only habitations
outside the walls are a few huts on the west side. About half-a-mile
beyond there is the clay ridge of Atashgah, running north-west and
south-east. It is so called from the ruin of a fire-temple of the Gabrs,
the ancient inhabitants. The bed of the canal by the town is about 60
yards wide ; but the actual water channel is only about 60 feet, and 8
feet deep. It is crossed by means of floats or rafts made of reeds, bound
together with tamarisk stakes and twigs. The raft is called f tuti/ and
the reed of which it is made, £ tut/
The population of this town is estimated by Kozario at 2,000. Bellew,
however, says there are only 120 houses. Most of the inhabitants are
ISTahrui Baluchis ; but there is a sprinkling of Persians from the Kam. The
governor is Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Sharif Khan, and there is a small garrison of Persians
in the citadel.— (GolcUmid, Bellew, Rozario.)
KINARAf— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hamlet of some 100 wooden huts on the shore of Astarabad bay in the
province of Astarabad. It is 5 4 miles from the village of Giilugah.
The huts, built of waste wood, remnants of old native boats, the sides
of packing cases, and thatched with rushes, stand in a double line along
the beach, 30 to 40 yards from the water’s edge. A ruinous looking
jetty runs out about 100 yards into the shallow water, enabling native boats
drawing two or three feet of water to discharge their cargoes. Russian
barks trading to Baku, Astrakhan, and other ports in the Caspian lie ok
about a mile, and the larg’er Turkuman boats, the £ kasaboi, usually send
their cargoes either to the jetty or direct to the beach in £ naos/ or small
narrow canoe-shaped dug-outs. _
The Russian Vice-Consul, several Russian and Armenian merchants, and
a Persian official in charge of the customs and the port live in the village.
(Napier.)
* The “ Raft stream/'
f The “ Shore.’