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laden animals ; to the north the descent is easy along the Khanqah /al
ley Water is procurable on both north and south sides, some way below
the summit. The pass itself is a bare and narrow saddle rising somewhat
steeply to rounded hills to either hand. Grazing and forage procurable ;
no supplies or fuel: below the pass on south side is a small level valley
with camping room for a battalion. {Burton.)
KHANRUD (1).—(Same as Kari Kalch q.v.)
KHAN-RGD ( 2 ).— Lai. 38° 20' 0" ; Lose,. 48° 55' O'.— (<Sfc. John.)
A river in the district of Talish (Gilan), 7| miles from Astara. It is a
clear shallow stream in the dry season, about 20 yards wide with a sand
bank generally at the mouth. It is also called the Ruz-Kusha. Also
a village about 3 miles up the river on its right bank {Holmes ; St. John ;
Todd.)
KHANSANlN—
A village in Kurdistan, about 26 miles south of Sinneh, situated in a valley
on one of the roads from that place to Kirmanshah. It contains about 50
houses. The valley in which it is situated is exceedingly fertile and contains
extensive crops of*wheat, barley, etc., reaped in August. There are some
fruit gardens and willow trees along the stream in its vicinity, which
drains into the Gava Rud, distant about 3 miles. Water plentiful; graz
ing good ; supplies : 1,000 sheep and goats. Troops can camp anywhere
in its vicinity. The hills surrounding the valley, which is about 3 miles
broad by 7 in length from east to west, contain numerous streams with
cultivation and clusters of trees here and there in their recesses ;; the in
tervening slopes possess goo,^. grazing, ( . Roads run from here to Sinneh
distant 30 miles', and to Kirmanshah, distant 78 miles:—(VaUghan.)
KHANUM—
A village of Persian Kurdistan, in the plain of Marlvam—(2b G. Flow-
den.)
KHlR—Mean Elev. . 2,700'.
The Choara of Pliny, Choarene of Ptolemy, and Chorene of Strabo, also
formerly called Mahalleh Bagh (17th century), a rich and very fertile district,
60 to 70 miles south-east of Tehran, principally watered by the Hableh Rud,
which enters the plain at the villages Satarud and Sariab. The greater part
of the district is Khaliseh (Government property), and supplies Tehran
with grain. It extends from Padeh to Qishlaq and is separated from the
Varamin plain by the Kuh-f-Tuz hills, a low ridge of red marl crossed by the
Sardarreh pass. Khar has altogether 62 villages and a population which
is estimated at 50,000 souls. About 500 families of the Usanlu Turks camp
in the Khar plain in winter. The principal villages are : Aradan (four
Qishlaqs), Muhammadabad, Khosroabad, Katul, Khusht, Hisarak, Rikan,
Larijan, Shahbaduk, Kahak, Sanard, Fand, Shahsafid, Yafari, Rustamabad,
Hashamabad, Yanabad, Mahmudabad, 2 Hasanabad, Husainabad, Padeh,
Bun-i-Kuh, Deh Sohrab, Sararud, Sariab, Naruheh, Karand Nodeh, Kaleh-
i-Nau, Imamzadeh-i-’AH Akbar, Husainabad-i-Kurda— {Rozario; Schind
ler.)