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KALATEH-l-SHCRABl-
A hamlet of only two families near Eakhr-i-Daud, in the Bivazhan fctdujfc 8 1
of the Meshed district of Khorasan.— {II. M. Tem'ple.) j 1
KALATEH-I-SUL0GIRD—
A village in Khorasan, 29 i miles from Meshed, on the road to Darreh
Gaz. It lies half a mile off the road to the south.— {Napier.) f
KALATEH-I-SUMBUL— . J
A small village south of Sultanabad (No. 1).— {H. M. Temple, 1900.)
KALATEH-I-VAKlL KHAN-
A village in Khorasan, 23 miles from Meshed, to the north of the road to
Darreh Gaz.— {Napier.)
KALATEH-I-YUSUF KHAN Elev. 4,850'— Lat. 37° 8' 30" ; Long. 58 6 34' O'*
A village in Khorasan, 77 miles from Meshed, on the road to Darreh
Gaz. It contains 150 houses, inhabited by Kaivanlu Kurds, and has
ample supplies.— {Napier.)
KALATEH MANSURIA—
A hamlet in Khorasan, 14 miles east of Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam, on the road
to Daulatabad (No. 6), with a population of 25 Timur! families.— {Sykes,
1905.)
KALATEH MINAR— Elev. 4,200/
A hamlet, 50 miles east of Meshed on 1he road to Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam,
inhabited by 40 Barbari families, and producing 500 kharudrs of grain
annually.—($y£es, 1907.).
KALAT-I-’ARAB—
A village in Khorasan, 41 miles from Meshed, on the road to Darreh Gaz.
It contains 30 Persian families who own 50 cattle and 150 sheep-and goats.
The normal annual production of wheat and barley is 2,800 Indian maunds
— {Oranoffsky, 1894.)
KALAT-I-NADIRI—
A district of Khorasan, situated on the north-east frontier of Persia,
and bounded on the north by Trans-Caspia, on the west by Darreh Gaz, on
the east by Sarakhs, and on the south by Chul-i-Khaneh.
The district has a length of about 70 to 80 miles and a width of about
rvnprai foatnrp* 30 miles ’ and is defended by a number of as
strong defiles as are to be found in the world.
It consists of a series of valleys descending from the ridge to the plain ;
those to the westward having a general direction north-east, those to the
eastward nearly east-sou’-east. Each valley is confined by precipitous
spurs, which fall away in rugged outlines to the lower ranges. These are
of inconsiderable height and of easy, rounded outline, being composed for
the most paH of clays, chalk, and marls; but they spread a most intricate
maze of ravines and glens between the plain and the bases of the main
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