'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎548r] (1100/1278)

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river, and a hut 2 miles lower down. The river here is straggling, running
in a shingle bed, J mile wide, with tamarisk and thorn trees. It flows in two
streams ; one 30 yards wide and 2 feet deep, and the other 50 yards wide
and 3 feet deep. The current is swift and the water good and sweet. Mac-
Gowan (April 1895) reported the river as deep and strong, and only fordable
under the guidance of experts. He says that in the rainy season it would
be unfordable. There is a good bridge a little below the ford, of which
one or two of the centre arches are broken down. It could, however be
restored at a very small outlay.— (DeBode — Baring — MacGowan, 1895 —
Hopkins, 1903.)
KHAIRABAD (4)— Lat. 29°. 18' N.; Long. 53° 1' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears, about 38 miles south-east of Shiraz, on the road to Fasa.
It consists of some 20 houses of mud-bricks surrounded by a high wall
with a tower at each corner. The inhabitants number 100, and are quiet
and civil.— {St. John — Preece, 1884.)
KHAIRABAD (5)— Lat. 29° 35' N.; Long. 53° 2' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Kurbal plain of Ears to the north of the road between
Niiiz and Shiraz, 32 miles east of the latter. It is passed shortly before
reaching Du Deh from the Niriz direction.— {Lovett.)
KHAIRABAD (6)—Lat. 28° 41' N.; Long. 54° 42' E. ; Elev.
A village in Fars, 27 miles from Furg and 9 miles from Darab, on the road
between them. It is a miserable village. No supplies are here obtainable,
but must be procured from Darab ; the water, however, good, from a
> qandt. — {Jones.)
KHAIRABAD (7)—
A village 21 miles beyond Taft, south-west of Yazd, belonging to the
heirs of Mirza Isma’il to whom it was granted in lieu of a pension. It only
contains three houses (15 people) ; 12 mans (156 lbs.) of wheat are sown
yearly ; one jarib is watered by a qandt in 24 hours. The tax not known.
— {Preece, 1892).
KHAIRABAD (8)—Lat. 31° 55' ; Long. 54° 21' ; Elev.
A village in Yazd district, about 2 miles scuth-west of Yazd surroun
ded by gardens.— {Kinneir — Abbott.)
KHAIRABAD (9)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village on the Zindeh Rud, 2| miles beyond Pul-i-Vargun, on the
road to Shushtar. A road branches from here to the left, said to be a shorter
road to Chighakhur than the main road. When the Zindeh Rud is ford
able it is generally so by the middle of June, the water being 3 feet deep with
moderate current.— {Beil, 1884.)
KHAIRABAD (10)— Lat. 30° 10'; Long. 56° 50'; Elev.
A hamlet in Kirman, about 14 miles from the town of that name, on the
road to Saidabad.— {Dobbs, 1902.)