"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎١‎٦‎١] (٧٠٦/٣٢٦)

KASTCD—
A plain in Kurdistan between Hamadan and Sinneh in which Qurveh
(q.v.) is situated.— (Kinneir.)
KASUN—KISUN or KISUM. (See KISUM.)
KAUKAND—
A village in the Khamseh district on the banks of the Kizil TJzun river
above the village of Yenisard.— (Chesney.)
KAULEH—
A village in Kurdistan 10 farsakhs north of Sinandii (1902)
KAULT—
A tribe of Kirmanshah, despised as being unclean and filthy beyond power
of description. Its members are considered capable of any iniquity.
They appear to have little or no religion. Their marriages take place without
any special ceremony. They have no scruples about food or drink. They
wander all over the country and appear to resemble gipsies in their manners
and customs.— (T. C. Plowden.)
KAURA CHAI—
A river of Azarbaijan, tributary of the Jaghatu.
(War Office Report on Persia, Part II, Route 243.)
KAVAND—correctly KANVAND from Kan a mine: Lat. 36° 37' V Lorn?
48° 36' 30 Elev. 6263'.
A village in the Khamseh province, 18 miles west of Zinjan. A short
distance to the north of it is an old mine formerly worked for gold. No
auriferous earth is now left (1910).
KAVANDEH— Elev. 3,780'.
The first station on the new post-road from Kazvin to Tehran.—
ler.)
KAVlR—
“ Kavir ” consists of salt-impregnated desert. Its character varies
according to the amount of water in the soil; thus you may either have a
mere saline efflorescence on good firm clay, or a salt quagmire in which
a laden beast will founder if it strays off the track. Small pools of brackish
water are not uncommon. Sometimes there are a few tamarisk bushes, but
the general aspect of a kavir is utter barrenness unbroken by stone or weed.
The great Kavir or Salt Desert lies to the east aud extends almost to
the Qum district, Meshed and Tabas.—(£tac&.)
KAZANCHAl—
A river rising in the Elburz range. It crosses the Tehran road from
Flruzkuh at 6 miles from that place.—
KAZANGA—
A ford, 4 miles below Abbasabad, on the Upper Aras. The place is
very isolated and difficult of access. The ford is knee deep for horses in
summer, good bottom. There is a guard of 10 Cossacks here to prevent
smuggling.— {Picot, 1894.)