'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎572v] (1149/1278)

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of fresh water is discharged by this creek The banks are low, and the coast
for a short distance to the north and for some 20 miles to the south, down
to Nakhllu shoal, is swampy.— {Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot —
Hdji Mirzd Saiyid Hasan—Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
KNUSH AB (1)— Lat. 29° 12' N. ; Long. 51° 9' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashtistan district of Ears, 34| miles from Bushire and 4
miles west-south-west of Borazjun. It is situated on rising ground on the
west side of the road to Shif and in an undulating country, which is quite
open on the Bushire side and well-adapted to the movements of cavalry. The
village contains 50 houses inhabited mostly by Bags who were expelled from
Barazjun 2 or 3 generations ago. Wheat, barley and a few dates are grown
here. The water here is brackish from wells, but sweet water can be
obtained by digging below. Sufficient supplies are procurable for small
parties. Here, in February 1857, a force under General Sir James Outram
defeated the Persian Army. The British force having occupied Bushire,
advanced on Borazjun, when the Persian Army, under the Shuja’-ul-Mulk,
consisting of 5,000 infantry, 800 cavalry and 18 guns, incontinently fled.
Sir James Outram decided to retire. The Persians interpreted this
movement as a sign of discomfiture, and the cavalry made a night attack,
while the infantry were drawn up at Khush Ab. The contest was soon
decided, and by early morning the Persians were in full flight, leaving
700 dead. The British loss was 16.— {Clark — Pelly — MacGregor — Curzon —
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
KH0SH AB (2)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A narrow, cultivated valley in the Pish Kuh of Luristan, reached through
the Slab pass, 79 miles from Khurramabad on the road to Deh Bala. Near
it are the winter quarters of the Amaral Lurs. There is camping room in
the valley ; water and forage are abundant, but no fuel is adjacent, and
supplies are only obtainable when crops are standing and flocks pastured.—
{Burton, September 1897.)
KHUSH AN AB AD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of 300 houses between Milagird and Zarreh, with 4 or 5 serais.
The inhabitants are partly Turks of the Durgazin tribe and partly Persians.
From this district two regiments are raised.
KHUSHDAS-I-AGHA JAEI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A clan of Iliats, inhabiting the region from the fort of Gulab to Zaidan-i-
Cham in Luristan. They number some thousand families, possess about
three hundred mules and keep no herds.— {Mclvor.)
KHUSHKADUL— Lat. Long. Elev. 3,380.'
A valley and stream in the Pusht-i-Kuh district of Luristan, reached at 37
miles from Deh Bala, on the road to Dizful. There is camp-room in the
valley ; water is scarce from springs but forage abundant in spring and early
summer. There is some cultivation, and supplies in small quantities are
obtainable when the Lurs are camped there in summer. There are then also
large flocks of sheep and goats and some cattle. The last stage from the Deh
Bala direction contains some difficult bits of road. On leaving the valley a
steep descent leads into the Khushkadul, a stream of clear water forming