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KHW—KIL
kharwars of prain—(C. E. Yate ; Ahmad Din.)
KHWAJA MUHAMMAD—
A village of 30 houses, a few cattle and sheep, 2 horses, 20 donkeys.—
(H. D. Napier.)
KICHWaN-
A village of 50 houses, 25 cattle, 50 donkeys.—(//. D. Napier.)
KIL A-I- KAN Gr —
A village situated on the Kila-jat i Shehraki Canal, possessing 15 ploughs
of cultivable land. Government revenue 1^6 kharwars of grain.— [Ahmad
Din.)
H. D. Napier, 1893, says the village has 200 houses and owns 70 catlle,
£00 sheep and goats and 100 donkeys.
KILA-I-KHAMEH—
A high ruin visible from TAKHT-I-SHAH to the south-west:
—(C. E. Yate.)
KILA-I-NAU, No. I.—Lat. 30° 47' 0"; Lorn 61° 37' 0".—( Walker)
Also called “ Burj-i-Dost Muhammad Khan ”—one of the principal places
in the cultivated part of Persian Seistan, containing about 800 houses and
an “ ark ” or citadel. This is built on a high dry cliff, with precipitous
sides, and its walls are strong and well adapted for defence. It. has a square
tower at one of the angles, and contains the residence of the Chief and his
family. It towers high above the villages disposed around its base, and is
built on the undulating ground, of which the highest part forms the founda
tion of the “ ark.” A roughly constructed mud wall surrounds the village,
and follows the undulations of the ground, being nowhere of uniform height.
A few houses are built outside the walls on the east face, and a strong
species of mantled tower crowns the rising ground, which lies beyond the
town to the north. At the time of the Mission to Seistan, Kila-Nau was
the residence of Sharif Khan, the Nahrui Chief. It is inhabited by his
tribe.—‘[Goldsmid\ Bellew ; Rozario.)
This village possesses 35 ploughs of cultivable land, the annual outturn
of which amounts to 1,260 kharwars of grain (§ wheat and £ barley) and
the Government revenue to 420 kharwars.— Bakhsh.)
This village is situated on the Sheb Rud Canals and owns 540 cattle,
10 horses, 2,900 sheep and goats and 500 donkeys. — [Rapier, 1893.)
Ahmad Din puts Government revenue at 525 kharwars of grain.
KI LA-I-SAM—
Ruins of a thick walled fort about a mile to the north of Sehkuha.
—(C. E. Yate.)
KILA-I-ZAHIDANorZAHIDA— NLat. 30° 57' 0"; Long. 61° 42'0'.—
[St. John.)
A village east-south-east from Nasratabad, on the road between Tiflik and
Kasimabad. Zahidan appears to have been an extensive town of about 10
miles in circumference, of which the centre was at the present site of the
Kila-i-Zahidan; while a tower, called Mil-i-Zahidan, marks the northern
limit. The Kila-i-Zahidan is situated on an eminence, surrounded on all
sides with thousands of fine houses in ruins. It has 12 towers, and contains
within its walls 50 families. The Mil measures 55 feet in circum
ference at the base, 25 at the summit, and is 76 feet in height, but has
lost some of its height. It was built in the form of a cylinder with a spiral
staircase within, which described 3 complete circuits in its length. Its