'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎580r] (1164/1278)

KHV—KHW 573
The frontier village above Dilam is Shaikh ’Abu-Shaikh or Shah-’Abu-Shah.
The Government of Behbehan adjoins that of the Ka’b ’Arabs to the south
and west and is under that of Ears, the headquarters of which are at
Shiraz. The mionor settlements to the southward^of the Hindian to Bushire
emblace a series of petty tribes, both Persian and ’Arab, living in their own
circles of villages, and interfered with the Central Persian Government
verv much in proportion to their several means of resistance. They are
subordinate to the Government of Bushire. Of the settlements, fths are
probably Persian, |th ’Arab.
As a general rule the ’Arab circles of villages are farmed and administered
by their own Shaikhs, who arrange their own civil disputes, and pay a lump
sum as revenue per annum. They are coming every year more and more
under the local officers of the Shah. The Persian circle of villages or a
Persian port comes directly under the local officers of the Shah.
Khuzistan .—The following information was obtained in January 1913 con
cerning the supply of rifles at the head of the Gulf. The only trade centre
from which the Bakhtiari obtain their arms in the Gulf is Ram Hormuz.
Arms reach Ram Hormuz from Falahieh, Mashur and Hindian. A few are
also said to find their way by land, round the north of the Gulf from Kuwait.
The supply of rifles for sale at Ram Hormuz has fallen off very considerably
during the last year or two and it is estimated that not more than 200 rifles
are now sold there yearly. The Martini-Metfords which are known as
“ Mausers ” in the Bakhtiari country, now fetch tumdns 50 to 70 a piece,
whereas three years ago they could be bought for tumdns 20 to 25. The
Bakhtiari have, during recent years, obtained very large supplies of rifles
from the north, Tehran, Isfahan, etc., and during their various campaigns.
The Kuhgalu obtain their arms from Bandar Dilam, Mashur and Hindiad,
to which places they are brought over from Qatar. The Kuhgalu very rarely
sell their arms to the Bakhtiari.
For further information see “ Arabist an.
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KHY ANSAR (1)—Lat. 29° 55' N. ; Long. 53° 56' E.; Elev.
A village in Fars, 116 miles east of Shiraz consisting of a large number of
huts congregated round a fort ; it is apparently a well-doing, prosperous
place, with good population. Pottinger describes it as without exception
the most beautiful spot he met with in any quarter of Persia. A brook
runs through the valley, in which are fields of wheat and rice, and flocks
of goats and sheep graze on the heights *bove.-{Pottirujer Greece, 1892).
KHV ANSAR (2)—Lat. 31° 38' N. ; Long. 59° 17' E. ; Elev.
A village in the district of Yazd, 3 miles west of Fakhrabad and If miles
east of Tizagun. It contains 100 houses, and there is cultivation stretch
ing from here into Tizargun— [Vaughan, 1890.)
KHWAJAABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman, about 8 miles west of Sang, on the road to Yazd.
It was deserted in 1894.— (Sykes, 1894.
KHWAJA AHMAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, between Niriz and Khiv.—{Abbott.)