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The fort which has been almost entirely destroyed by earthquakes,
tad large flanking towers, and was capable of holding a garrison of 600
In 1885 Kalandar Khan of Captain Jennings’party, one of the few per
sons who have written any account of Khanu, says
of t 5 ie Riidb ar district. The origin of its name
is from Khan, hanz or qandt: It contains 14 kdnzes, or kdhns,
n good working order, and water drains through it from north, south and
west. The town contains 500 houses and the inhabitants number 2 000
cameis and&i 000 ^ and g0ats ’ 200 0Xen > 200 donkeys^OO
Khanu fort is situated on a hillock. It is of considerable importance, and
is on a mam road leading from Bandar Abbas to Kirman. Here is a very
large amount of cultivation from kdnzes and rain water ; while grass wood
an grazing are most abundant. The neighbourhood is fertile, and very
fine dates are produced. The sub-district of Khanu contains 40 villages
g cu tl ^ a ^ on i 23 ligated from river water, 14 from kdnzes.
The inhabitants of Khanu (excepting 20 families of Barakzais-Duranis
who are traders) are all Arab slaves,* or servants of Mir Durra Khan
fj! , .^ Ve , llv f l in their present condition for eleven generations. The
f P i- f- 1 “ are n0t Slaves ’ but are a mixed lot, com-
posed of Baluchis Sarhaddis, Persians, Arabs, and even Pathans.”-
RJian ' m5 ’ Brazier ' Crea( J h > 1894 > Medley, 1894 ; Sher Jang,
KHANUB—
f A M large vil Q la S e /n tbe sub -district of Irafshan, inBampur, 45 miles south
of Magas. Supplies are procurable in moderate quantities, and good
water from qarMts The population is said to number about 2,000.—
{Brazier-Creagh, 1894, from native information.)
KHAR—
A small turreted fort in Kirman with some 50 houses, gardens and cuH
Crea^im^ S ° Uth ° f B ^ ft 0n the Bandar ^^.-{Brazier-
KHARAGIN—
A village m Makran, containing 25 houses, situated on the banks of the
Gvnnak Kaur {q.v.).—{Showers, 1902.)
KHARG (Chah)—
A village in the Shamil district {q.v.).
KHARGAR, see Kurgar.
KHARGUH (Kirman)—
A peak in the Kalmurd Kuh.—{Jennings.)
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* They are now free (1906).