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KHU-KHU
KHUSH AB (1) —Lat. 29° 12' N. Long. 51° 9' B. Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan district of Ears, 34| miles from Bushire and 4
miles west-south-west of Borazjun. It is situated on rising ground on the west
side of the road to Shif and in an undulating country, which is quite open on
the Bushire side and well adapted to the movements of cavalry. The village
contains 50 houses inhabited mostly by Bags who were expelled from
Borazjun 2 or 3 generations ago. Wheat,barley and a few dates are grown
here. The water here is brackish from wells, but sweet water can be obtained
by digging below. Sufficient supplies are procurable for small parties. Here,
in February 1857, a foice, under General Sir James Outram defeated the Per
sian Army. The British force having occupied Bushire, advanced on Bor
azjun, when the Persian Army,under the Shuja’-ul-Mulk, consisting of 5,000
infantry, 800 cavalry and 18 guns, incontinently fled. Sir James Outram
decided to retire. The Persians interpreted this movement as a sign of dis
comfiture, and the cavalry made a night attack, while the infantry were
drawn up at Khush Ab. The contest was soon decided, and by early morn
ing the Persians were in full flight, leaving 700 dead. The British loss was
X6. —{Clark — Petty — MacGregor—Curzon—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUSH AB (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A narrow, cultivated valley in the Pish Kuh of Luristan, reached through
the Siab pass, 79 miles from Khmramabad on the road to DehBala. Near
it are the winter quarters of the Amarai Lurs. There is camping-room in
the valley; water and forage are abundant, but no fuel is adjacent, and
supplies are only obtainable when crops are standing and flocks pastured.—
{Burton, September 1897.)
KHUSHANABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of 300 houses between Milagird and Zarreh, with 4 or 5 serais.
The inhabitants are partly Turks of the Durgazin tribe and partly Persians.
From this district two regiments are raised.
KHUSHDAS-I-AGHA JAEI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A clan of Iliats, inhabiting the region from the fort of Gulab to Zaidan-i-
Cham in Luristan. They number some thousand families, possess about
three hundred mules, and keep no herds.— {Mclvor.)
KHUSHKADUL— Lat. Long. Elev. 3,380'.
A valley and stream in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Luristan, reached at 37
miles from Deh Bala, on the road to Dizful. There is camp-room in the valley;
water is scarce from springs but forage abundant in spring and early summer.
There is some cultivation, and supplies in small quantities are obtainable
when the Lurs are camped there in summer. There are then also large flocks
of sheep and goats and some cattle. The last stage from the Deh Bala
direction contains some difficult bits of road. On leaving the valley a steep
descent leads into the Khushkadul, a stream of clear water forming rock
pools, rough with boulders. A range of hills of the same name borders the
road to the north-east.— {Burton, September 1897.)