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KARAC—KAKAD
KARA CHAR—
A village in Azarbaijan 105 miles south of Tabriz, on the road to Kirman-
shah via Bunab.—( W. 0. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 242.)
K AR ACHIBU Q—
A large village in Azarbaijan, on the road from Bunab to Mianduab, 2
miles from the former.— {Schindler.)
KARACHU—(KALEHJU ?)
A small stream in Northern Kurdistan flowing north-west to join the
river Jaghatu.—(Z. D., W. 0.)
KARA CHUKH—
A largeRussian village, about 3| miles west of Bulgham (?BuIgam) on the
Upper Aras on the north outlie river. The ford starting from a pebbly beach
on the Persian side, takes an oblique angle up-stream, 150 yards. The
banks are somewhat steep, 10 to 15 feet hereabouts, but at the ford
access is fairly easy. A couple of small boats, capable of carrying three
men in all, ply here for the convenience of the villagers. The ford is useful
in summer and early autumn, and preferable, as a crossing, to that of
Bulgham. There is a guard of 10 Cossacks, in a disused Qarava, about
1 mile from the village.— {Picot, 1894.)
KARACHURLU—
A tribe of Lakks, who reside in the neighbourhood of Kara Dagh, Azar
baijan.
KARADAGH (No. 1)—
A village of 30 houses, 24| miles from Kazvin on the post-road thence
to Tabriz.— {Schindler.)
KARADAGH (No. 2)—
A district in the north of Azarbaijan, bounded on the north by the
River Aras. It is said to bo rich in copper.— {Thtilmann.)
KARA DAGH MOUNTAINS (or “BLACK MOUNTAINS.”)
This range lies between Sahand and Julfa in north-western Azarbaijan.
Rich deposits of bituminous coal are found in this range. The coal-beds
begin at the south-east edge of Tabriz, but do not get thick and valuable
until half way between Sahand and the Aras river. Gold has been found,
but not in paying quantities. Iron works, as far back as 1837, were erect
ed by Sir Henry Bethune about 60 miles north-west of Tabriz for the
purpose of smelting a magnetic ore found in immense quantities near
the village of Juvan. A Dr. Riach visited these mines and spoke of the
existence of tin and copper in the granite region of the Kara Dagh, The
deposits seen by him were apparently so rich that he makes the follow
ing remarks on the mineralogy of the district : “The district of Kara Dagh
seems to be one enormous mass of the most valuable minerals, whole moun
tains being almost, apparently, composed of ores, perhaps the richest in
the world, of iron, tin and copper. Pieces of lead, too, have been found
in a hill, in a situation and soil marking the site of a mine of the valuable