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KAR—KAS
Produce : wheat, barley, Indian-corn and cotton. Formerly several
more kdrlzes existed in this district, to the west; but they have now gone
to ruin. Much cultivation must at one time have existed. There is also
here a date palm grove. Grass, grazing, wood and water are abundant
and good. The village is included in the Bampur district.
History. —When Saiyid Khan (father to Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Karim Khan) was the
chief at Vasht, this village was included in Sarhad, and the Katkhudd here
was named Mir ManjI (Kurd). The latter took one-third of the total produce
from this place, as also from all patches in the Siah Band as far as Jacri
Nala. When Mir Manji quarrelled with Saiyid Khan, the latter confiscated
the former’s right to the said one-third share of the produce. Mir Manji
complained to the Persian Government. The latter decided the matter by
annexing Karvanda to-Bampur. Now Mir Manji possesses large flocks and
herds, and cultivates a certain portion of land to the west of Karvanda.
Some 12| miles to the west, i.e., beyond Ganich, near the watershed sepa
rating Karvanda Ndld from the Hehmukki Ndld draining to Sarhad
Hdmun, is a white hill, from which much chalk is obtained; and opposite
to this, to the south, in the slopes of the Siah Band, are the remains of
numerous ovens and bits of furnace clay—identified as “clay from a
copper furnace”—showing that copper was once manufactured here.
The roads leading from here are the ones’traversed—
(a) to Vasht:
(b) to Bampur, via Damin ;
(c) to Bampur, via Karag Kutal;
(d) to Vasht, via Jauri and to Sehkuha, via Jauri, both avail
able for guns.— {Jennings.)
KARVANDA (River) (Kirman) —
Flowing past the village of the same name southwards, it eventually
meets the Bampur river.— {Jennings.)
KARVAN KAUR—
A stream in the Karvan district, on the coast of Persian Baluchistan. It
rises in the hills, beyond those called Jaodar, and running south appa
rently falls into the sea east of Kunarak Kuh and Ras Maidani. It is possible,
however, that it may join the Rapch, and the cours s of all streams in the
plain vary constantly. Floyer’s route from Kashi {q.v.) to Bint led up the
Karvan through the hills. At Pugunzi halting-place, 26 miles from Kashi,
the bed of the stream was 300 yards across. The water ran in numerous
small channels and was fairly sweet, although the boulders were white with
crusted saline deposit. From this place down through the Jaodar hills the
; bed of the Karvan is full of 'pish (dwarf palm), resembling miniature date-
groves, and greatly increasing the beauty of the river from the high banks.
Above Pugunzi the route leaves the Karvan and crosses a shingly plateau
to the Tank river.— {Floyer.)
K ARV ANSAR AI—
An old serai in the Shamil district (<?.«.).
KASANJAN—
A fort in Kirman.— {Malcolm.)