'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎582r] (1168/1278)

KIA—KlM
575
KIASHT—wde KtH DASHT.
KICHUR— Lat. Long. Eley,
A village in Ears, two days’ march from Shiraz to the west.^(Baring.)
KIFRAUR—
A valley in the Kirmanshah district, about 50 miles south-west by west
of Kirmanshah city. A road thence to Sar-i-Put passes through it.- It is
about 10 miles in length from north-west to south-east and about 4 in
breadth. Its elevation is from about 4,200 to 3,600 feet. The valley
itself is bare of trees, though large quantities grow on the range bounding
it to the south, a continuation of the Kuh Kalich. The Kuh Kal Kush
to the north of it is practically bare, a stream flows down the centre of the
valley which is well-watered by numerous springs, and the grazing, though
no doubt excellent in the spring and early summer, is now (September)
dried up, except in a few places. The place is inhabited by the Manish
Kalhur Kurds under ’Aziz Khan, an old man, his elder son being Mahdi
Khan. They number 200 tents with 100 horses, 200 cows and 3,000 sheep.
There are also about 300 donkeys. These people do not migrate, but live
during the winter inside rough stone walls built against the southern face of
the Kuh Kal Kush, and in them they pitch their tents. The place appears
to be self-sustaining to a great extent, as there are considerable crops of
wheat and barley ; tobacco, also, and pumkins are grown, and there are
several water-mills. The valley must have been in ancient days a place
of considerable importance, judging by the numerous ruins of forts and
towns that remain : they are now, however, but little else than mounds
of stones. They are said to have been the work of the Zoroastrams popu
larly known in Persia as the “ Gabrs.” This valley leads into the Guar
valley by a road 8 miles in length up a narrow valley much blocked up
with low hills, but containing a good supply of water and well-wooded.
To the north-west a road is said to lead to Sar-i-Pul, about 18 miles distant;
the exit in this direction from the valley is over a low ridge and down a
steep descent.— {Vaughan.)
KlFTEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range lying parallel to that of Dinar, Fars. Elevation of one peak
10,400 feet.— {Durand.)
KILIB ABADEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in Fars, inhabited by the Khur-i-Shuli clan of Illats.— {Mclvor.)
KILlSlAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars between Firuzabad and Farrashband at 8 miles from
the latter.— {W. O. Report on Persia, Part II, Route 50.)
KIMEH— lat. 31° 14' N.; Long. 49° 42' E.; Elev,
A village in the Ramuz district, one mile south and slightly west of Ramuz
town. It contains about 100 mud houses of Ahl-i-Ramuz who possess
about 65 rifles. Half belongs to the Shabab-us-Sultaneh and the Mu’in
Humayun, and half to Aisalan Khan, Hasan Khan and the heirs of the late
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mufaghghan (or Sipahdar). A large brick house here is nearly
finished and a garden is being laid out!— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.'
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