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KHA—KHA
they are chiefly engaged in navigation, fishing, date-growing; wood-cut: ing
and lime-burning, and own about 50 camels, 20 donkeys and 200 cattle,
sheep and goats. Their diet is of fish, dates and coarse barley bread, the
commonest and most esteemed fish being a large sort of mullet. The
shipping of Khamir consists of 4 ghunchehs and 22 baqdrehs, some of which
run as far as Basrah and even to Indian ports. Exports are fish, lime in
large qantities, mill-stones and a little sulphur, but the trade in sulphur
has ceased to be remunerative under the expensive method employed ;
firewood is also sent to the towns of Trucial ’Oman and to Bahrain.
Khamir belongs properly to the Bastak district, but it is under the poli
tical supervision of the Governor of the Gulf Ports, and the local adminis
tration is carried on by a Kalantar appointed the MuTn-ut-Tujjar of Tehran,
who is revenue-lessee of Khamir and its dependencies. The present
Kalantar is one of the hereditary Shaikhs of the town. The Imperial
Persian Customs have now a post here.—(Pem'cm Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHAMIKCN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Tihran-Karvan district about 7 miles from Varpusht
on the Isfahan-Burujird road.— (Schindler.)
KHAMIS— Lat. LnNG. Elev.
A canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan, on the left bank
of the river Jarrahi, with which it is connected. This canal irrigates 22
fadddns cultivated by Bait Iblal Arabs dependent on the Ka’b—(Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHAMSEH (Tribe), See IL-I-KHANSEH.
KHAMZEH (Village), vide JARPtAHl (River).
KHAN Channel (1)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A deep water-channel and the out of the two which are enclosed between
the Ras-ul-Mataf and the mainland coast of the Dashti district of Ears.
It is described in the Gazetteer—yide Ras-ul-Mutaf. It is also known as
Khar Aiyaz.— (Constable — Stifle—Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf Gazetteer,
1908.)
KHAN (2)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears on the shore of the lake of Niriz. It is a small place
being merely two or three clusters of mean houses.—(Onsefey.)
KHANABAD (1) —Lat. 29° 37' ft.; Long. 53° 8' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Kulvar district, Ears 32 miles east of Shiraz.— (Kinneir.)
KHANABAD (2)— Lat. 33° 19" N.; Long. 49° E.
A mud serai and fort in Luristan, prettily situated near the Ab-i-Burujird
river, below the Tang-i-Kalan Kuh. About a mile from it, up a ravine,
are a good spring and site for a camp. The fort belongs to a chief of the
Pulandwand tribe of Chehar Lang Bahktiarl.— (Sawyer, 1890).
KHANAFIREH—
An adscititious division of the Ka’b tribe (q.v.).