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improves after a .Lit, but continues indifferent for 2 miles. From the
crest the road descends immediately into the desolate basin of Zardawa,
which has been a former lake bed and is about 5 miles long by 3 miles
across.— {Mac Greg or.)
KOTAL KCSHLAK— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A pass in Astarabad, IS miles from the city of Astarabad, on the road to
Shahrud. The ascent on the Shahrud side over the pass to the old site
of the now deserted village of Kushlak is diflicult; but thence the road
through a forest is level to Astarabad.— {MacGregor.)
K0TAL-TVTJ-M1 NtJ*—L at. , Long. ; Elev. 9,332'.
A pass in the province of Astarabad, about 19 miles from the town of
Astarabad, on the road to Shahrud by the Kuzluk pass. Some trees are found
on the northern face of the pass; but the summit is perfectly bare, and
the descent on the south is by a very rapid slope, bordered by deep crevasses
to the dry plains of Khurasan.— (Khanikuff.)
KOTAL ZILAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An easy pass in the Kuchan district of Khurasan, between Aughaz and
Awardan, on the road from Kuchan to Askabad.'— {Napier.)
KOTAL ZURABAD— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
An easy pass in the Jam district of Khurasan, between Zurabad and the
town of Jam.— [MacGregor.)
KOTIALL = KOTALLI, in Daraghaz.
KOTtJNOA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
Hills in Khurasan, 65 or 70 miles south-west of Damghan. [MacGregor.)
KTJCH— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A defile on the northern frontier of Khurasan, leading from Bujnurd to
the Atak country. It is one of the defiles through which the Turko
mans pass on raids into the Persian territory. It is 28 miles from Kizil-
Arvat .— {Thomson, MacGregor .)
KtJCHAt— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A place in the desert of Lut in southern Khurasan, met with on the first
march from Dih-i-Saif on the road to Birjand. It is so called from
two rows of even boulders, which line the route on either side, and some
what resemble houses.— [Khanikojf.)
KECHAN— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The ckiefship of Kuchan is, as before noted, the most^ flourishing and
populous of the districts of Khurasan. It extends
: . north-east from the border of Bujnurd, 50 miles, to
Extent and boundaries. ^ o£ ^ district o£ t he Kiwanlu
Kursu, and from the crest of the Atak range, south-west, about 40 to
50 miles, to the watershed of the Shah Jahan mountain, where it borders
on Bugniari, Bam and Safiabad, and Isfaram; a total area or about 2,000
to 2,500 square mdes. MacGregor estimates the area or this district at
about 3,500 square miles. Its western boundary runs about north, from
the border of Isfarafn, and passing 14 to 15 miles east of Bujnurd,
includes the Khushkhana plateau, and strikes the Atak near Yangi Kala.
Thence the northern boundary follows the Atak crest to a point 8 to
10 miles west of Durangar, and nearly opposite Arnan. The eastern
boundary runs from this south-east to Kala Yusuf Khan, and acioss the
* Possibly “ Wijak Mimi “ The Clear Heavens.” The same as “ Kotal-i-Wajmanu/
t A “ Street.”