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KHlR— Lat. 29° 16' N. ; Long 53° 54' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears, near the southern shore of lake Niriz, with a consider
able amount of cultivation of wheat and opinion in the vicinity. There
are gardens of fruit-trees scattered over the plain, which here juts out into
the lake, forming a promontory. There is a spring of sweet water here.
Khir is a short distance from the Fasa-Niriz road, and is on the route
from Darab to Shiraz, via lake Niriz.—( Wells — Stotherd, 1893.)
KHIRAJ (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Ears, between Masaram and Jireh, near the hill of Dudu on the
one hand, and Salamati on the other.— {Durand.)
KHIRAMEH— Lat. 29° 31' N. ; Long. 53° 15' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears, about 50 miles east of Shiraz, to the south-west of the
north end of lake Niriz. It is a fortified village of 700 houses, with an
interior citadel rising some 50 feet above the plain and is surrounded by good
gardens and extensive cultivation. It is watered by a considerable stream
from a qandt to the south. Khirameh divides the water-supply with another
village called Silgabad, which is about 2 miles nearer the lake. The
villagers are a stalwart, independent-looking lot, and have nothing to do
with the dwellers in tents. All supplies plentiful.
Revenue 2,500 tumans. A track diverges from here in a southerly direc
tion to Sarvistan, through the pass from which the stream flows.— {Lovett ”
— Wells — Dobbs, April 1903.)
^ KHIRSAN— Lat. Long. Elev. 4
A river in the Kuhgalu country, which carries the south-west drainage
of the Kuh-i-Dina into the Karun. The two branches which form it are
crossed on the road from Isfahan to Behbehan, the first one (Ab-i-Durra-
han) at about 12 miles west of Sisakht, and the second one (Chaujehan)
a mile farther on.
Bell writes, 8th June 1884, as follows :—
“ Ab-i-Durrdhdn. —Barometer 24-6" (5,870'). Passing up stream it
is forded at a point where its waters run in three channels ; no channel
exceeds 70 feet in width ; its bed is bouldery ; current swift; depth about
3 feet ; its requires to be forded with care ; banks low and of boulders. Pass
ing still-up-stream, over the bouldery and sandy strip of land between the
two arms of the river, the Chaujehan branch is forded ; it is shallow, with
a bouldery bottom ; width 200 feet ; its left bank is steep and 100 feet high.
The tw r o branches join at 1 mile in a direction of 325°, to form the Ab-i-
Khirsan ; the general line of the ualiey of the rivers is here 175 £ and 280'.”
— {Bell.)
According to Bell’s map the Khirsan appears to fall into the Karun, a
few miles from Hilisat.
KHISHT (1)—
Name of a river and district in Ears, reached on the road from Bushire
to Shiraz by Kazarun, after the ascent of the Kutal Mallu pass.
The administration of this district was entrusted in 1882 to Haji Mlrza
Agha Khan, Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. , and his brother Fazl ’Ali Khan.— {Stack — Ross.)
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