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KUH—KUE
ridge lias the same geological formation as the Jaghatai mountains on the
south side of the plain. Trap rock predominates, and the dark rich soil
afforded by these supports a more than ordinarily luxuriant vegetation.
The daim, or unirrigated wheat crops, on the mountain slopes are particu
larly good, the yield being ten to fifteen-fold more than in other paits.
Copper and lead are said to have been found inBuhar but never worked ;
of the presence of the former there are numerous indications.— {Napier.)
KIIH-I-BUR AS—
A range in the Turbat-i-Haidari district, which joins the Kuh-i-Nazir
at Gudar-i-Baidar.— {MacGregor.)
KUH-I-CHAQM AQIAJ—
The hills bounding the Yurt-i-Shah plain of the Qalpush plateau, on
the south.— {Schindler.)
KtTH-I-CHEHILSANG—
A range of mountains in north-eastern Khorasan, which runs parallel
with the Kuh-i-Kiighar, and divides the drainage of the Jam district from
that of the Meshed river. It is also called “ Kuh-i-Yughar ” (q.v.)
and seems identical with the range called by Napier “ Kuh-i-Qad-i-Sham-
shir.”— {MacGregor.)
See Kuh-i-Kughar.— {C. E. Yate.)
KUH-I-CHIQAB or CHAQAB—
A border mountain in northern Khorasan, between which and the Kuh-
i-Buhar is the easiest and most used Turkoman pass, leading from the Robat-
i-’Ishq (or Ishq) in the Shaugban valley. The pass has a spring of water,
which enables the raiders to make the distance to the Alhaq spring on the
high road of Khoiasan, over 40 miles, in one stretch. The Kuh-i-Chiqab
is steep and rugged, and rises to 2,000 or 3,000 feet in height above the
plain.— {Napier.)
KUH-I-CHIQAR—Lat. 37° 5' 6 "; L©ng. 56° 36' 0".
A hill in northern Khorasan, a little to the west of the road from Sanklias
to Jajarm. It is steep and rugged, and rises to a height of 2,000 or
3,000 feet above the plain.— {Napier.)
KUH-I-CHlUNLI—
A peak of the high range to the north-east of Kuchan in Khorasan, running
east and west, with an elevation of 7,000 feet, wooded with junipers.
See “ Kuh-i-Duz.”-—(Yapm/-.)
KUH-I-DALBA—
(Erroneously called Kuh-i-Dauleh by some people.) Name of a big hill to
the south of Chaqaneh in northern Khorasan.
See Kuh-i-Binalud.— {C. E. Yate.)
A range of hills with an elevation of about 6,000 feet, bounding the Sul'an
Maidan plain on the east.— {Schindler.)