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KALAT-T-KASHL—Lit. , Lowg. ; Elev.
A halting-place in Afghanistan, 7 4 miles west of Herat, on the road to
Ghurian.— (Taylor.)
KALAT-I -KHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village on the Shahrdd plain.
KALAT-I-KHICH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Kurdish Khurasan, 20 miles from Bustan, on the road to
Nardin by Khdsh Ailak. It is a poor-looking place, surrounded by high
walls, and situated in a dreary waste.— (MacGregor.)
KAL AT-I-M ASHH A D GULI—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of Khurasan, about 9 miles north-north-west from Mashhad.—
(MacGregor.)
KALAT-I-MlRZA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in the Bajistan buluk of the Tabas province, Khurasan.—-
(Bellew.)
KALAT-I-MTJLLA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 13 miles from Dasht-i-Biaz, on the road to Kakh.
It is situated on the northern skirts of the Laid range, and possesses a
good spring of water.— (Bellew, Goldsmid.)
KALAT-I-NADTRl— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, on the road between Ghurian and Khaf. It has
plenty of water and forage.— (Christie.)
K ALAT-I-NADI Rl—
The chiefskip of Kalat-i-Nadin occupies the greater portion of the north
ern face of the rugged range of mountains separating Mashhad from
• the Atak, which may be conveniently termed the Kalat range. It
has no well defined boundaries, and this, with the nature of its surface,
makes even a guess at its area scarcely practicable. On its southern
border and on the south side of the range lie the
Boundaries. Mashhad buluks, Radkao, Danga Chulai, and
Tabatkan. North and north-east, the desert intervening between the basin
of the Tajand and the Atak forms its present boundary. East, it is_ said to
extend to the Hari Rud ; but the mountains and the Atak in that direction
are unoccupied. West, it does not extend beyond the unoccupied valley of
Abivard and the defile of Jirgaun.
The tract thus vaguely defined has a length of 70 to 80 miles and an
average width from the crest of the range to the
General features. e( jg. e 0 £ t p e (3 eser t 0 f 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 neaily
east-south-east. Each valley is confined by precipitous spurs, which fall
away in rugged outlines to the lower ranges, these are of inconsideiable
height and of easy rounded outline, being composed for the most part of clays,
chalk, and marls; but they spread a most intricate maze of ravines and glens
between the plain and the basis of the main spurs. . The valleys, where
they widen out, and many spots in the lower hills are inhabited and culti-
vated, or capable of cultivation. Beyond the lower hills extends the hill-skiit,