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KAR—KAS
KARVAN—
One of the nine lululcs oi the province of Isfahan, situated north of Linjan,
containing 780 square miles, watered by the Murghab. It is divided into
upper and lower Karvan.
Upper Karvan has the following villages : Dehak, Alavi and Hasan.
Lower Karvan has Tihran and ’Askaran.— {Schindler.)
KARZlN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A district in Ears, lying between Jehrum and Firuzabad.
It is watered by the Kara Aghach river and is traversed by the Lar-Shlraz
road. There is a village of the same name in the district. The administra
tion of the district in 1882 was entrusted to MIrza Ahmad Khan Mu’id-ul-
Mulk, son-in-law and nephew of the Sahib-i-Divan.— [Abbott — Ross.)
KASALU (?) —Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass between Jehrum and Mubarakabad, Ears.— {Abbott.)
KASARABAD —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, lying to the north of Sivand.— {Stotkerd, 1893.)
KASHAR—
A village of 40 houses, 45 miles west-norih-west of Bandar Abbas. The
Kalantar is Mir Ahmad Shah (1902). There are about 12,000 date-trees.
Livestock are : 75 camels, 80 cattle, 500 sheep and goats.— {Sher Jang,
1902.)
KASHGAN RUD—
A river in Luristan—formed by what remains of the Alishtar rivers, after
they have supplied all the water needed for cultivation, joining at the
southern end of Alishtar the river Kaka Riza, the united waters then tak
ing the name of the Kashgan Rud. It is stated to rise in two branches on
the Kuh-i-Chehil—Na Balighan, some distance north of Khurramabad and
in the plain of Kuh Dasht. It runs through the difficult defile of Tang-i-
Gav Shumar, the general direction being south through the town of Madian
Rud to Pul-i-Dukhtar. Where crossed on the Khurramabad—Deh Bala
road 26 miles from the former place (elev. 3,350 feet), it flows south-east
through a broad valley, wooded and grassy. The banks are lined with grassy
plateaux, the bed broad, of sand and stones, and wooded with tamarisk.
The hills, well wooded and grassy, rise gently to the north-east, more abrupt
ly above the right bank of the stream. The river has a stream of whitish
water with a strong current : the banks are shelving of pebbles and sand ; the
bottom is of loose, round stones affording an insecure foothold. The width
of water is 40 yards with a maximum depth of 2 feet 6 inches. It is joined by
the united streams of Khurramabad, Karun and Tain or Tian. This latter
river, according to General Schindler, is formed by the junction of the Rizan
and Kipkan rivers in the Chimishk gorge, between Shah-in-shah and
Chimishk. Rabino gives the name of this river as Chulv-i-Hul, and says that
it is formed by two streams, one from the mahal of Rikan, running west
to east and the other running west of Kaleh Chimishk, the two uniting
at 100 paces from K leh Chimishk.