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KA'I—RAJ
It is possible that this channel receives the drainage of the eastern part
of Bampur. Grant (1809) coming .from ,Bampur entered a watercourse
which he calls the Lashar ravine, and followed it down past Isfakeh. Bloyer
(1876) found at Maskhutan {q.v.) a watercourse 500 yards broad coming
from the north and running south-east. All the watercourses he crossed
i' after entering the open country north of Fanuch led east or south-east.
This drainage must either have an outlet southwards, or form a “ hamun”
in Lashar. But the latter would be so large that we should almost certainly
have heard of it. It is more probable on the whole that the Lashar and
Maskhutan streams, with the Geh, Murgh, etc.,, find their way to the Kair,
perhaps by the Hichan channel. The road from Geh to Chahbar descends
1 the river for 23 miles after passing the junction of the Hichan. It is describ
ed by Grant as having water flowing most of the way and the sides skirted
in places with palms. .
Grant quitted the Kair at $3 miles from Geh, and not far south of that
point it emerges from the hills, which here trend away from the coast, , Its
further course of about 40 miles is through a sandy plain, It has a wide
bed with low flat banks, and in winter always contains water in pools, if not
running. Like other rivers in this region it is subject to floods^ which
generally occur in December, January, amf February ; rarely if ever in the
summer months, whep. the river is usually perfectly dry. When in flood the
water sometimes spreads over the country 2 or 3 feet deep for 3 miles on
either side of the channel, and the river may be impassable for a week.
The usual ford is at the telegraph crossing, though there is abetter one
1| miles below it. These big floods argue a large catchment basin, and as
this cannot be of great size laterally, it is probable that the Lashar drainage
comes down by the Kair. Water always obtainable by digging in the bed.
The Knir river is crossed by the telegraph line and road from Gwadar to
Jash-k 7 or 8 mil es from the sea. It is reached at about 46J miles from
.Chahbar, and is usually made the fourth stage from that place. Water from
ppols is abundant. Firewood plentiful. Camel forage scanty, except for
about three mprdhs after rain, when it is plentiful in the bed of the
riyer .—[Grant } Pierce; Lorimer 1907 ; Austin, 1910.)
KAISARAK—
A small village on the coast of Kirman, some 30 miles south of Mlnab.—
(Bruchs.)
KAIVAN (Persian Baluchistan)—
A place in Makran, said to be 122 miles from Jashk, on the road thence
to Geh.— (Hdjl Abdul Nabi.)
KAJMAKAJ (Pass)—
A pass in Kirman, over one of the spurs of the Kuh-i-Lalehzar. It is
distant about 12 miles from Rabur, and a road from that place leads
across it to Lalehzar village. It is practicable for mules, but would be
difficult for camels.— (Sykes, 1900.)
KAJU or DASHTIARI (River)—
A river in Makran, rising in the Lashar range, where the watershed
divides the drainage of the Bampur river from that running to the Persian