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KAW—KAZ
KAW AR—Lat. 29° 12' 20^. Long. Elev.
(St. John.)
A village of Ears, about 51 miles from Shiraz on the road to Lar,
situated in a plain of the same name. The plain is level and studded
with camel thorn, and has villages at long intervals. It is watered
by the Kara Agach river, which enters the plain on western side by
a gorge between theKuh Siakh, which guards the Shiraz plain on the
west and the Kuh-i-Safldar. Here, from time immemorial, a stone
dam has supplied water to the canal which irrigates the Kawar plain,
the banks of the river being too high for purposes of irrigation. The
southern part of the plain collects the drainage and produces rice.
The greater part of the plain is uncultivated and desolate. The
village Kavar is a large one, surrounded by orchards, and there is
a small cluster of villages in its neighbourhood. About a mile south
of the village, the river Kara Agacb, here called Kawar, is crossed
by a stone bridge, 30 feet above the water, called Pul-i-Nau.
There is a caravansarai here, and a few supplies of grain and slaughter
cattle are procurable. (Jones — Durand — Stack.)
KAZAWAK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Karmanshah, which rises in the south slopes of the mountains
of Ardalan, and, flowing south, falls into the Karkhah, about 4 miles
above Karmanshah. (Kinneir.)
KAZIM—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears on the Kurdistan Or Jarahl river, near Bihbahan on
the road to Shustar. (DeBode.)
KAZlN—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district in Ears. See Karzin.
(W. 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 50.)
KAZRAN—See Kazrun.
KAZRfjN—Lat. 29° 37'. < Long. 51°43'. Elev. 2,800'.
A town in Ears, 70 miles west of Shiraz and 95 miles north of Bu-
shahr. It is situated in a valley, 30 miles long and 7 or 8 broad,
bounded on the north by a salt lake and fertilised by a number of
rivulets of excellent water. The drainage of the valley flows into
the salt lake mentioned. The town is divided into the upper and lower,
and covers a considerable space. The buildings are of stone and
mortar, and have an appearance of solidity and neatness which is want
ing in mud habitations; they are also frequently stuccoed. Many
of them are fortified, possessing parapets and loopholes for musketeers.
Excepting in size, the place hardly deserves the name of a town, as it
is, more properly speaking, a conjunction of two large villages, and
possesses only about a hundred miserable-looking shops. The situation
is the north-west side of a well-cultivated vale on a slight rise.
Palms, walnut, and orange and lemon trees, are nearly the only verdure
it possesses. There is nothing of interest to be seen in the place.
The climate is warmer than that of Shiraz, but not oppressively so,
and the inhabitants boast that it is so fine that fruits of cold and hot
climates (sardsir and garmsir) flourish side by side. Excellent opium is