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KHW-KIF
KHWAJAI —Lat. Long. Elev. 4,970'
A village 55 miles from Shiraz, on the road to Firiizabad. The water is
good from a stream. Supplies are scarce.—(Taylor.)
KHWAJA JAMALl or KHWAJA MALI (1)—Lat. Long. Elev
A village in the plain of Khisht (q.v.).
KHWAJA JAMALl (2)— Lat. 22° 53' N. (?) Long. 53° 48' E. (?) Elev.
A village in Ears, on the southern slopes of the Raushan Kuh range _ of
mountains, facing the northern shore of Lake Niriz. The village contains
1,000 houses and has a population of 5,400. There are numerous jaribs
of grape gardens and orchards above the village. The water-supply is
from a copious spring which bursts from the hillside to an Imamzadeh,
1 a mile from the village. There is one qandt which waters 40 jaribs in
24 hours. 200 mans of grain are sown annually. The village belongs to
the Hakim Bashi of Shiraz, and is the head of a district which pays 8,000
tumdns yearly, less 1,000 tumdns, the pay of the Zabit. A road from here
is said to cross a kutal between Kuh-i-Khan and Eaushan Kuh, and to lead
to Shahr-i-Babak.— (Wells ; Preece, 1892.)
KHWAJA MALI— vide KHWAJA JAMALl.
KHWET-I-SHUR see Ginau Kuh.
KIASHT,— vide KUH DASHT.
KICHUR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, two days’ march from Shiraz to the west.— (Banng.)
KIFRAUR—
A valley in the Kirmanshah district, about 50 miles south-west by west
of Kirmanshah city. A road thence to Sar-i-Pul passes through it. It is
about 10 miles in length from north-west to south-east and about 4 in
breadth. Its elevation is from about 4,200 to 3,600 feet. The valley
itself is bare of trees, though large quantities grow on the range bounding
it to the south, a continuation of the Kuh Kalich. The Kuh Kal Kush
to the north of it is practically bare, a stream flows down the centre of the
valley which is well-watered by numerous springs, and the grazing, though
no doubt excellent in the spring and early summer, is now (September)
dried up, except in a few places. The place is inhabited by the Manish
Kalhur Kurds under ’Aziz Khan, an old man, his elder son being Mahdi
Khan. They number 200 tents with 100 horses, 200 cows and 3,000 sheep.
There are also about 300 donkeys. These people do not migrate, but live
during the winter inside rough stone walls built against the southern face of
the Kuh Kal Kush, and in them they pitch their tents. The place appears
to be self-sustaining to a great extent, as there are considerable crops of
wheat and barley ; tobacco, also, and pumpkins are grown, and there are
several water-mills. The valley must have been in ancient days a place
of considerable importance, judging by the numerous ruins of forts and
towns that remain : they are now, however, but little else than mounds
of stones. They are said to have been the work of the Zoroastrians popu-