'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎512r] (1028/1278)

KAM—KAN
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Kxl ’MUHAMMAD ZAMIIN—
A clan of the Lurs located in the fort of Durrahan in Behbehan (Ears).
Associated with the Na MuradI, Ganjai and Ka ’Muhammad Bakir ; they
have no special herds, breed about 700 mules, and number some 1,400
families.— (Ross .)
KANA (River)—
A stream in the south-west of Laristan, which flowing from south-east
to north-west, drains the Gallehdar plain.
It is crossed by the road from Bushire to Bandar ’Abbas in the vicinity
of Asir, and its bed is here 20 feet to 30 feet wide, with gentle shelving
banks, and a small flow of brackish water. Lower down in its course this
stream is known as the Riz river.— (Butcher, March 1888.)
KANAYEH, vide GANAVEH.
KAND ’ARAB!— Lat. 29° 20' N. ; Long. 54° 38' E. ; Elev.
A wretched village and grove of trees in Ears, north-east of Niriz between
Hasanabad and Bishneh. Some wheat and poppies are cultivated. The
road from Niriz forks here, one branch turning south-east to Qatru, the
other continuing to Bishneh.— (Dobbs, April 1903.)
KAND-I-LIK or LAK (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A very narrow part of the pass between Kalimeh and Ahram in Ears,
which a few men could hold against an army.— (Taylor.)
KANGAN— Lat. 27° 49' 20" ; Long. 52° 8' 45" ; Elev.
With the exception of its small dependency, Banka, Kangan is the
northernmost of the Shibkuh ports on the Persian coast, and the only one
of them lying north of the region in which the main maritime range falls
directly into the sea. These high hills first strike the coast about 5 miles
w T est of Kangan Kangan is situated at the eastern end of a large bay, open
to the south but fairly well sheltered from the Shamdl, at the opposite end
of which, 9 miles to the westward, stands the rival port of Daiyir Kangan
is about 20 miles north-west of the next considerable Shibkuh Port, that
of Tahiri and is exactly opposite to Bahrain, from which it is distant about
140 miles.
The place, at the present time (1906) partially abandoned, normally
consists of some 300 Arabs of mixed tribes ; about two-thirds of the popu
lation are Sunnis and the remainder Shfahs. The people are fishermen,
pearl-divers and sailors owning eight large boats which run to Qatr, Bahrain,
Qatif, Basrah and various Persian ports, also a dozen baqdreh of the kind
called amileh which are used for fishing ; they also cultivate dates and
grain ; there are about 2,000 palms. There is good water-in 3 wells, 4 to 5
fathoms deep, and a hot spring resorted to on account of its curative proper
ties ; and a fair anchorage, inferior, however, to that of Daiyir, in a Shimdl.
A square fort stands in the middle of the town. The number of shops is
about 20 ; imports are sugar, tea, rice, and piece-goods ; exports are wheat,
barley, sheep, cattle, firewmod, charcoal and onions.
Kangan, once the site of a Portuguese factory An East India Company trading post. , has always been a bone of
contention between the Khan of Dashti and his neighbours in the south.
It was formerly in the possession of the Khan of Gavbandi, who about 1858