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KUL-KUM
of 20 houses of Dinarun Bakhtiari, situated in a rocky gorge running down
from the Mian Bizan mountain to Dehadari, 7 miles west of Deh Diz.
There is an oak forest and some corn land around. Water is obtained from
the deep ravine which runs south-west past Rikat to the Karun river,
and which contains some groves of pomegranates. The village is deserted
from May to September.—(Rwrfon, 1903—Morton, 1905—Arbuthnot, 1905 —
Lorimer, 1906.)
KULPA ZANUM(Pass) —Lat. Long. Elev. 3,G00'.
A pass m Ears, 98 miles from Biishire, on the road toFiruzabad. At the
entrance to the pass are a ruined caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , a spring of excellent water,
and a stream affording drinking water for animals. The ground is much
broken and not suitable for encancping. Firewood is obtainable in small
quantities. There are no inhabitants near. The road through the pass
is narrow, leading over great boulders of rock, difficult throughout and
impassable for field guns; in places there is barely room for one mule to
pass. The defile is half a mile long, and the road emerges from the
defile along high ground for one mile before beginning to descend. The
descent on the eastern side presents no difficulties.i£5d.)
KULUL— Lat. 28° 43' N. Long. 51° 17' E Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Pars, 1 mile north of.Chah ’AH on the
west side of the Khurmuj plain. It contains 40 houses inhabited by
Tangistanis who grow wheat, barley and dates, and own some camels and
donkeys.— {Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
KULUM KHAS— Lat. 32° 25' N. Long. 51° 26' E. Elev. 5,300'.
A village of 200 houses on the right bank of the Zindeh Rud: opposite
is the vidage of Riz, the river is here crossed by the road from Chigha-Khur
to Isfahan ; the main stream in autumn being 30 yards wnde and girth deep.
There are a number of irrigation channels and much cultivation on either
b: nk. It has many poplar, chinar, willow and fruit trees : there are several
wells on the south side of the vill ge.— {Burton.)
KULUNGCHl (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A spring in the Eakhtiarl mountains, which joins the Karun river at
about the 30th mile of its course.— 1890.)
KULUNGCHl (2)—
A tributary of the Karun river in the Durigan valley in Luristan [vide
this gazetteer—Kilrun River.)
KULVAND—KALVEH,
KUM—
A village and mud fort in Kirman, 150 miles direcrly sourh-wevt of
Kirman. A section of the Afshar tribe usually encamps near it. It is
Situated on a plain winch a little further north becomes a salt desert, and
abounds with jerboas and marmots.— {Abbott.)
KtJMABAD—
A small walled village in Kirman, 13 miles north-west of Kirman.
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