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alternative route. A villag-e of the same name is situated in it. It belongs
to tbe Zawali buluk of Turbat-i-Haidari district.— [Goldsmid, Bellew.)
KAMlH PAlN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of Khurasan, in the Zawah buluk of Turbat-i-Haidari. It
possesses a little castle, and is situated on the bank of a small hill stream
in a ravine of a spur of the Baidar mountain, and is passed between Tur-
bat-i-Haidari and Asadabad on the road to Mashhad.— {Bellew.)
KAMISAH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A fertile valley in Khurasan, south of the Alburz range between Auarbat(?)
and Chashma Shah Hasan.— {Cleric.)
KAMZARD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A small fort in north-eastern Khurasan, 42 miles from Mashhad, on the
road to Sarak.— {Thomson.)
KANABlSH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, situated about 4 miles west of Mashhad, on
the north side of the Mashhad valley, and about two miles from the foot
of the low hills, which form the northern boundary of the valley. It has
. about 300 houses, and is surrounded by cultivation. It is a strong little
place, surrounded by a respectable wall and a ditch, with its water-supply
safe, and is not commanded. The Persians kept a garrison of 50 horsemen
here.— ( Thomson, Mac Gregor.)
KANAGtJSHA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, about 10 miles east-north-east from Mashhad. It
contains some 250 houses, inhabited by the descendants of a colony of Jam-
shfdfs.— {MacGregor.)
KANAVAZ— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village of eastern Khurasan, in the Kashaf Rud, south-east of Mash
had, occupied by Taimuris.— {Petrmevitch.)
KANCHf—L at. 36° 59' 30", Long. 55° 36' O'; Elev. 1 {Napier).
A village in the valley of Naudih in the province of Astarabad. It is
one of four hamlets known collectively as Pursian. The village lies in a
glen, down which flows a stream. It has 150 houses and a good stretch of
rice land up and down the valley. The revenue is paid to the government
of Astarabad through Mfrza Allah ^ar Khan, Sartip of the Astarabad
regiment, governor of the buluk. The people, though living in a pent-
up valley, abundantly watered and growing nothing but rice, are tall,
robust, and healthy, and are a finer looking race than the inhabitants of the
dry highland glens above them. They are of Turk origin, and speak that
language among themselves ; though all know Persian.— {Napier.)
K&NDTJR— Lat. 35° 12' O'', Long. 58° 16' 0"; Elev. ' {Napier).
A village in Khurasan, on the road from Tabas to Sultanabad, Turshiz,
and 16 miles from the latter town. It is situated on two canals brought
from the Shashdraz river, each running in a full stream about 6 feet
wide.— [Taylor, Stewart.)
KANDTJRAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A dirty little hamlet of Sistan, 1 mile south of Nasirabad. It has 40
houses, round which are some melon fields and corn cultivation.— [Bellew.)
KANGALI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A halting-place, without inhabitants, on the Tajand river, 118 miles from
Mashhad through Chacha to Kala Kaushid Khan.— {Stewart.)