"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٠] (٧٠٦/٣٤٤)

KHUN—KHUR
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Transport, chiefly donkeys, can be procured in some numbers.
Tables of rates of 'provisions, September, 1889.
Rs.
A.
p.
Rs.
A.
p.
Rice
0
14
0
1 man.
Spirit ..
5
13
0
2 mans.
Barley
0
6
6
8 mans
Wool ..
3
3
3
2 „ .
Ghi
1
9
9
1 man
Country cloth ..
0
6
6
ll yards
Sugar
2
0
0
1 „
Longcloth
0
4
6
1 yard.
Flour
0
6
6
21 mans
Salt ..
0
1
4
1 man.
Bread
0
6
6
3 „
Chintz
0
4
6
1 yard.
Firewood
0
0
9
1 man
Charcoal
0
6
6
1 man.
Milk
0
6
6
1
Iron
2
0
0
2 mans.
Bhusa
0
0
8
1 „
Copper
8
13
0
2 H
Eggs
0
6
6
Fifty
Tea ..
16
0
0
1 man.
Fowl
0
6
6
Two.
Tobacco
2
6
6
2 mans.
Meat
1
0
0
2 mans.
Black pepper
8
13
0
2 „
■ — (Kinneir — Sheil — Stack — Bell — Yiisuf — Sharif — Preece.)
KHUNSAR—
A pass over the Kuh Radian, traversed a short distance south of the
town of Khunsar by the road Duak. On the southern side there is a vil
lage ; on the western side, at the foot of the pass and half-way up, a small
fort tenantless since the drought of 1879. On the top is a spring of good
water. The descent of Khunsar occupies three hours, and the road winds
so much among ravines and round hillsides that Khunsar does not come
into view till one is within a short distance of it.— (Stack.)
KHUR DISTRICT—
Is a portion of the Samnan division. It is bounded north by the kavir,
to the west by the Shurab district, and to the south by the Kotal-i-Jamal
Khani, which separates it from the Yazd district. To the east it extends
to the kavir, where it joins that of Tabas. It is practically surrounded
on all sides by deserts.
The climate is exceedingly mild in winter as contrasted with that of
other parts of Persia. On an average it does not freeze on more than 10
or 12 nights in the year. This is no doubt owing to the low elevation at
which it is situated and to the high ranges to the south and south-west
which protect it from the cold wind. In winter the air of these parts
is moist for Persia, owing no doubt to dampness of the surrounding
deserts into which the drainage flows from an immense area. During the