'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎566r] (1136/1278)

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The district is no longer an administrative division, as the extension of
Qashqal influence by encroachment and purchase of lands has coincided
with an extension of the authority of the Qashqal chiefs in the district,
practically superseding any other authority. It originally formed part of
Laristan, and the villages of Maz, ‘AHabad, Tlshabad, Ird, Chasawll, and
Gazdun are still considered to be in Laristan, though they are part of the
Khunj district and are included in the list of villages belonging to the district
given below. The drainage of Khunj and Bukhard is said to find its way
to a swamp, dry in summer, S.-W. of Khunj, and not to any watercourse
leading to the sea. Estimated population 5,000.— {Wilson, 1911).
KHUNJ, KUH-I— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills in Laristan, to the south of which the Bushire-Lar road
runs for some distance, parallel to it. The villages of Maiz, Tishabad r
Ird, and Gazdan lie at the foot of its southern slopes.— {Butcher , 1888.)
KHUNSAR— Lat. 29° 55' N. ; Long. 54° 8 '; Elev.
Fifty houses built of stone but very small; the people are poor, but they
are treacherous and unpleasant to deal with. Many gardens in the
neighbourhood, 200 donkeys ; numbers of camels in summer. Water good
from a stream in the neighbouring ndld* Wood obtainable in small quan
tities.— {Gibbon, 1908.)
KHUNUK KUH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A small caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). in the Kuh-i-Kal-i-Gav, on the road between Kirman
and Shiraz.— {St. John.)
KHUR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village, surrounded by date groves and cultivation, 1| miles south
of Lar, on the road to Lingeh — {Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
KHt)R ’ABD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small creek, about 3 miles to south-east of Ras-ut-Tanub, near Dilam r
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .— {Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
KHURADAN, TANG-I-, vide KHURNUK, TANG-I-
KHUR AIYAZ, vide KHAN Channel.
KHUR BAHMANSHlR, vide BAHMANSHIR.
KHUR BAHRANI— Lat. Long. Elev.
An entrance to Khur Sultani near Bushire, across a flat lying between
Alafdan and Lafkeh Bank. It is only used by small boats, as the entrance
is exposed. There is another entrance between Ras-ul-Jabu and Alafdan.
— {Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
KHUR BANDAR-GAH— Lat. 29° 3' N. ; Long. 50' 57' E. ; Elev.
A large creek, by which Shif, near Bushire, is approached. It runs close
along the north end of Shaikah Sa’ad, and has 5 to 8 fathoms in it opposite
the tower on that island ; it then turns south-east behind the island, passing
^ mile west of Shif point. The bar of Bandar-gah creek, miles west
of the tower, has only fathom at low water ; a reel runs off miles south
west from the tower, and there is another projecting as much on the north
side of this creek.— {Constable—Stiffe — Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot.)
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