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with bastions at each of the four angles undone in the centre of each face;
The faces are about 100 yards in length. About a £ of a mile to the west of
the existing fort are the ruins of another old fort, situated on the top o£
a mound r This mound has an excellent command over the whole of the
surrounding country to the north and east, but is itself commanded by a
low-lying range of hills about £ mile to the west. The karlz, which sup
plies the village with water, flows immediately below the eastern slope of
the mound.
Kariz has a certain strategic importance owing to its position on the
most direct route between Meshed and Herat, and also between Pul-i-
Khatun and Sistan.
The Russians have a small post stationed here in connection with the
quarantine cordon, consisting of a doctor and 6 Cossacks under a 8ub-
Lieutenant. There is also a British Agent and 3 saidrs belonging to the
Meshed Consulate-General, Herat-Meshed dak service.
Half a mile to the north-west, and close to the small village of Sadabad,.
is a spacious caravanserai, built and owned by the Mu’avin-ul-Ayala,
which is leased to the Russian Loan and Discount Bank, and is used by them
as a factory for washing and packing wool, and in which some 200 handsi
are employed. The Russian Nadezda Transport Company has also a
representative here,
Supphes are plentiful and there are altogether some 30 shops in the-
village, supplied with Russian goods. The inhabitants possess about 80'
cattle,. 500 sheep and goats and 30 camels. There is a plentiful supply of?
water from 4 Hrizes, and a considerable amount of cultivation. In ordinary
years the average production of wheat and barley is about 7,150 Indian^
maunds. Excellent camel-grazing, but scanty fueL—(0. Wanliss, 1903
Sykes, 1905; Watson, 1906.)
KARlZ DAGIZ—
A village in Khorasan, 32 miles from Sabzawar, on the road to Meshed,,
situated on the border of a vast plain. It is a miserable place.— (Fraser.y<
KARlZ DAMA— Lat. 35° 54' 27" (Lentz) ; Long. 59° 48^0" (Walker).
A village in Khorasan, 29 miles from Meshed on the road to Herat.
There is a little water here.— (Walker Khanikoff.)
KARIZ DARREH—
A village containing about 30 families of Bughiri Turks, in the Bam-
Safiabad district of Khorasan. There is a good water-supply, and near the
village are a number of gardens and a great extent of cultivation.— (H. M.
Temple.)
ARlZ-I-KHAN—
A village on the eastern Khorasan frontier, | mile to the north-west
of Zurabad fort,- on the left bank of the Hari Rud. Population, 30
families of Shaikhi Timuris.— (Sykes, November 1905.)
KARIZ-I-NAU—
A village in the Turbat-i Shaikh Jam district of Khorasan, on the
main caravan -route from Meshed to Herat, and situated 67 ^ miles south-
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