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KHA—KHI
KHAZAL—Maliidasht.
“Village in the centre of the Mahidasht plain. It belongs to Amir Aslan
Khan ; Katkhuda : Haji Saiyid ’Abbas. It numbers about 30 houses. It
has no water of its own. The villagers draw water from wells. Cultivation
daimi. Industry : carpets and khurjlns. From this village there are
two roads, one to Chalabeh, the other to Balmaneh on the Marak, a distance
of | a farsakh to both these villages.”— (Mirza of Customs, Mahidasht —
Rabino, 1907.)
KHIAN—
A village of 100 houses, in the hills near Burujird from which it is dis
tant about an hour’s ride. The climate is cool in summer. A great
deal of fruit is grown here.— (McLachlan.)
KHIDARLU (1)—
A small village in Azarbaijan on the eastern shore of the Urumieh lake,
6 miles south of ’Ajabshahr.— {Schindler.)
KHIDlRLU (2)— 5
A village in north-west Azarbaijan, situated about five miles south
west of Kara Aineh in the Chaldaran district.— {Picot, 1894.)
KHIEH—
Popular pronounciation of Hidaj {q.v.)
KHILTABAD— See KILTABAD—
KHING—Elev. 9,300'.
A plateau or table-land, and halting-place 48| miles from Firuzkuh,
on the road from Tehran to Shahrud by that place. It is only a few
square miles (13 to 20) in extent, spreading out eastwards. The map is
wrong in representing it as having an area of some 200 square miles. It
is frequented by the Sang-i-Sin tribe, is well watered, and the quality
of the pasturage is good. It is bounded on the south by hills shutting
it in, and separating it from the Shah Mirzad district, which is unnoticed
in the map; and by a band to_the north from the lower plains stretching
away as a wilderness towards Ahuan. Water is plentiful, but no villages,
supplies, nor wood.— (Nayier—Lovett.)
khing kharang—
A glen, containing two hamlets, used as summer residences, between
2 and 3 miles beyond Khing, towards Rudbar, on the same road as
above.— {Napier.)
KHIVA—
A village in Azarbaijan to the right of the road, on the twelfth stage
from Tabriz to Astara on the Caspian.—(IF. O. Report on Persia, Part II,
Route 246.)
KHIZR ELIAS—
A ruined caravansarai and coffee house in Bishewa, between Sar-i-Pul and
Pa Tak. This is where road guards are supposed to be stationed. It also
marks the south-east limit of the property of Bishewa proper, anything