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KAK—KAK
KlKl EIZA —Lat. Long. Elev.
A summer camp in the Pish Kuh division of Laristan, on the Khaman
river, about 20 miles north-nc>rth-east from Khurramabad on the road
to Kirmanshah. There is some cultivation near the river.— (Burton,
August 1897.) ±
K AKA WAND—
A tribe of the Dilfan group in Luristan (q.v.).
KAKl— Lat. 28° 18 N. Long. 51° 36' E. Elev.
A small town in the DashtI district of Ears, 26 miles south-south-east
of Khurmuj town in the plain of the Mund river, and 20 miles from the
coast. It lies on the left bank of the Mund river. Kaki, 40 years ago,
was larger than Khurmuj town, but was not so well built; at the time
the Khan of the place had commenced the erection of an elaborate fort and
residence. Now there are about 300 houses, but no shops ; some trade in
sugar, tea and piece-goods is carried on in private houses. Native vessels
of 40 tons can ascend the Mund river almost as far as this place. A road
to Kaki branches off from the main Bushire-Bandar ’Abbas road at Sana-
general direction south. This road continues to Daiyir in a general south
easterly direction.— (Butcher, 1888— Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
kakulistAn—
A stream in Laristan. It is one of the two important early branches of the
Ab-i-Diz which join below the Pul-i-Kuh. Kakulistan, signifying a curly
lock of hair in the Lur language, is a name locally given to a very winding
stretch of the branch draining the upper portion of the district of Faridan,
which passes by the important settlement of BaznuL From the ZallakI
village of Makhadi (vide this Gazetteer) the track descends more than a
thousand feet to the bed of the Kakulistan (6,300 feet), which stream,
now 20 yards wide and 3-| feet deep, has cut for itself a channel through
mud hills and rocky ranges regardless of natural formations, and forms
an important physical feature of this country. Owing to the low altitude
of its bed and immediate vicinity and its narrow defiles here and there, there
are no habitations on its banks and no track along its course. The high,
flat, broad mud spurs alongside form the cultivable portions on which the
Iliats from neighbouring villages reside. A bridge is Said once to have exist
ed where the ford is now, but no trace of any was found.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
KAKURIA RIVER—
Is crossed 18 miles west of Khurramabad by the road from Kirmanshah
via Harsln, which then ascends its left bank for some little distance. Just
below is Kaka Riza. At the point of crossing it is a stream rushing over a
bouldery bed 20 yards wide, with a maximum depth of 2 feet. The banks
are low and grassy. A mile higher up it is divided into several streams
crossed by bridges of woven osier. Where it flows through dense copses
of willows and other trees, a favourite ambush for robbers close by, the
road turns south through the Takatu pass.— (B.)