"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٦] (٧٢٢/٢٧٦)

On a lower mound, just below the old fort, are the ruins of a mosque with
a tine brick mmar, or pillar, in a good state of preservation. It is built
in two stages, and can be ascended by an interior staircase. The fort of
Karat contains 12.0 inhabitants. Water and firewood in abundance.
r i be Karat Itiid, rising in the pass of the same name, flows into the Hari
Ttiid near Karez.— [Clerk, Stewart.)
KARATAGAiv —XjiVt. , Kong. • Elev.
A river in Khurasan, rising in the Kara Dagh mountains, some 50 miles
north of Mashhad, and, flowing from west to east to the north of the
stronghold of Kalat-i-Nadiri, forces its way through the Muzdaran range
by a winding defile nearly 5 miles long. This gorge opens on a plain on
which, at a distance of 17 miles from the outlet, lie the scattered ruins of
Megnih. The Karatagan loses itself in a swamp about 10 miles beyond
M egni h.—( Napier, Peirusevit ch .)
KARATAGAN— Lat. 86 u 51' 10", Long. 60° 16' 0"; Elev.
[Napier ].
A village in the Kalat-i-Nadiri district in Khurasan, and to the east of
the stronghold of that name. It contains less than one hundred houses.
Water and supplies. There are two roads from this village into Kalat,.—
one goes outside the stronghold to the south for about 7 farsakhs, and is level
and good ; another, by Kushtani and the Band-i-l)ukhtar. There is also
a road in the opposite direction to Mashhad.— [MacGregor.)
KARAWUL— Lat. , Long. ;Elev. '.
A stream in northern Khurasan, which drains the Kalpush ridge to the
west, falling into the Gurgan river.— [Napier.)
KARAWUL—Lat. 38° 25' 0", Long. 57° 8' 0" ; Elev. ' [Stewart).
A peak in the Kopet Dagh range of the Alburz mountains.— [Stewart.)
KARAWUL KHAN A— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The third stage from Mashhad on the road to Marv. It is deserted, but
water is procurable.— [Baud Khan.)
KARDARBAND —Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
An uninhabited fort, with water, in Khurasan, on the road from Sa-
rakhs to Marv.— [Baud Khan.)
KARDCHTJ—Lat. 37° 33' 0", Long. 57° 20' 0"; Elkv.
A village in northern Khurasan, 5 miles north of Bujnurd.-— [Intelligence
Department, iVar Office.)
KARDIH— Lat. 36° 39' 0" , Long. 59° 41' 30" ; Elev. 5,000' [St. John).
A small village in Khurasan, 23 miles north of Mashhad, on the road to
Kalat-i-Nadin. It is situated in a small valley, running north and south
2 miles and about f of a mile broad; the whole covered with culti
vation and gardens. The village is at the north end, near the Darband
of Al, and contains only some 30 houses of Kurban Turks, sent here by
Shah Abbas. It is, however, the residence of the chief of the small sub
division of Chulai, which extends from Andarukh to Harkat, and contains
10 villages, among which the principal are Marrush, Bulghur, Sij, Al,
Harkat, and Gush. The climate is said to be more severe than that of
Mashhad. Supplies are procurable at Kardih in abundance, notice being
given.— [MacGregor, Napier.)
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