'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎252r] (520/820)

KCT-Ktir
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about one-and-half hours by a road, at first easy though stony, but a er-
wards getting gradually worse and worse, till near the top it ascends by
a very steep, stony, zigzag track to the summit. It then descends for one
and-a-half hours, at first quite as bad as the ascent, but then gradually
improving, to an encampment of Kurds, near a spring of good water;
whence, to the village of Tirgan is one-and-a-half milw.—(MacGregor.)
KUTAL-I-TURUQBEH—
See Kutal-i-Jagharq and Kutal-i-Nishapiir.
KUTAL-I-UGHRAI DARREH—
The pass traversing the very high range in Southern Kuehan at an altitude
of 8,600 feet, in a north-north-west direction.— (Major P. M. Sykes, 1909.)
KUTAL-I-VAJMANtf or KUTAL-I-VAJMINU-Elev. 9,332'.
A pass in the province of Astarabad, about 19 miles from the town of
Astarabad, on the road to Shahmd by the Quzluq pass. Some trees are
found on the northern face of the pass ; but the summit is perfectly bare,
and the descent on the south is by a very rapid slope, bordered by deep
crevasses to the dry plains of Khoren.—(Khamkoff.)
Ascent from Shahrud 1 mile and steep.—(Napier.)
KUTAL-I-ZAMAN—
A stony and steep kuial in the Kuchan district of Khorasan between
Imam Quli and Bajgiran, about five miles from the iormeT—(Maclean.)
KUTAL-I-ZARDANEH—
A pass in Khorasan, about 17 miles from Jajarm, on the road to Sh&hs-
rud by Nardin. The ascent from the east is stony, and at first very
steep. It improves after a bit, but continues indifferent for two miles.
From the crest the road descends immediately into the desolate basin of
Zardaneh, which has been a former lake bed and is about 5 miles long by
3 miles across. By this pass the road enters the Chaman-i-Zardaneh (q.v.)
from the east. Zardaneh is commonly pronounced Zardaveh—(Schindler.)
KUTAL-I-ZlLAN—
An easy pass in the Kuchan district of Khoratan, to the west of the
Kutal-i-Sal between Aghaz and Avard, on the road from Ruohan to
Askhabad.— (Napier.)
KUTAL-I-ZURABAD—
An easy pass in the Jam district of Khorasan, between Zfirabad and the
village of Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam.— (MacGregor.)
KUT-I-BULAN—L at . ; Long. 57° O' 0".
A range of hills in northern Khorasan, about 40 miles north-west of
Bujnurd.— (Intelligence Division, War Office.)
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