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KALA-I-RAVARD —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A haltiog-place in the Daraghaz district of Khurasan, 31 miles from
Muhammadabad, on the road to Sarakhs. There are 200 houses here, and
water and supplies.— [Napier.)
KALA-I-SAADAT KHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 21 miles from Mashhad, on the road to Daraghaz
via Radkan.'— [Napier.)
KALA-I-SAFTJR— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A fort in Khurasan, 16 miles from Kuchan, on the road to Annau in the
Atak.— [Napier.)
_ KALA-I-SAIYAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, west of Mashhad.— [Fraser.)
KALA-I-SHAHZADA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A fort in Khurasan, 24 miles from Turbat-i-Haidan, on the road to
Mashhad. It is a weak fort, but new and in good repair. A few supplies
are obtainable.— [Stewart, MacGregor, 1881.)
KALA-I-TURAGH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A place, 2 leagues from Mashhad, on the road to Sangbast. It, as well as
the land surrounding it, is given as an endowment for the support of the
shrine or Ziarat building of the Imam (the 8th Imam of the Muhammadans,
called All Musi Raza). The annual income derived from this Kala-i-
Turagh is 2,000 khdrwdrs of grain and 2,000 tumdns cash.— [Baud
Khan.)
KALA-I-YAHtJDI*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A stage in Khurasan, 3 leagues from Mashhad, on the road to the Ak-
Darband valley. It has water and' forage, the pasture in spring being very
good.— [Thomson, deBiocc[iieville.)
KALA-I-ZAIDAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. \
A village of Persian Sistan, east-south-east from Nasfrabad, on the road be
tween Tillik and Kasimabad. Zaidan appears to have been an extensive town
of about 10 miles in Circumference, of which the centre was at the present
site of the Kala-i-Zaidan; while a tower, called Mil-i-Zaidan, marks the
northern limit. The Kala-i-Zaidan is situated on an eminence, surrounded
on all sides with thousands of fine houses in ruins. It has 12 towers, and con
tains within its walls 50 families. The Mil measures 55 feet in circumfer
ence at the base, 25 at the summit, and is 76 feet in height. It was built in
the form of a cylinder with a spiral staircase within, which described 3 com
plete circuits in its length. Its structure, however, is defective in having
no spinal column, which causes the work to overlap. The Mil, which has
many inscriptions in Cufic character on its interior, is built of kiln-baked and
glazed bricks ; as is also the fortress.— [Rozario.)
KALA-I-ZAIDAR— Lat. 36° 30 7 0", Long. 55°44/0"; Elev.
[Napier).
A village and fort in Khurasan, 45 miles east of Shahrud. It has a
stream of good water.— [Clerk.)
KALA-I-ZAU— Lat. * , Long. ; Elev.
A village in northern Khurasan, on the stage between Kalat-i-Nadin
and Chacha, on the road to Sarakhs. It is one of the 8 villages in the Kalat
plateau [q.v.). — [MacGregor.) 1