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KftH-I-BA—KUH-I BI
KtfH-I-BANlN—
A plain or plateau, and village east-south-east of Yazd, and north-west
of Kirman, on the boundary between them. The first has an area of perhaps
a dozen square miles, backed by a semi-circle of hills, and green with orchards
and fields and extensively interspersed with white patches of salt. Five
villages stand in the plain, Kuh Banan itself being the chief ; they are well
watered and cultivate more poppy than wheat.
The village Kuh Banan is embosomed in mulberry trees, and maintains
a small manufacture of silk. On the spur of the hill above the village are the
remains of an old fort, and a little lower, a mile from the village, stands a
platform of hewn stones, with two low towers above it, called the throne
of Latif Shah. The latter was a governor of the district, who was slain by
the Afghans under Ashraf and Mahmud, when, they sacked the district. In
the middle of the plateau are found beds of “ kankar,” or nodular lime
stone. The present (1882) governor of Kuh Banan is an official from Teh
ran.— {Stack.) .
KUH-I-BANDOMAB—
(Corrupted from Band-i-Amir). A hill to the right of the Tehran-Hamadan
road, has its name from the village Bandomar {q. v. .)— {Schindler).
KtfH-I-BANOBAR—
A mountain 22 miles south-west of Damghan, forming the eastern exten
sion of the Kuh-i-Sultan Shah Rukh {q. v.). — {Schindler.)
KUH-I-BARZGHALLEH—
A range of hills 12 miles to the south of the Isfahan-Burujird road, striking
north-west to south-east; its south-eastern end is called the Kuh-i-Surkh,
which, again, where it is crossed by the Isfahan-Shushtar road is called
Kuh-i-Gav-i-Piseh.— {Schindler).
KUH-I-BIBARAN—
A mountain about 6,500' high, north of Bibaran, 96 miles from Tehran on
the road to Hamadan.— {Schindler).
KGH-I-BIBl SHAHRBANU—
A mountain a few miles south of Tehran. Bibi Shahrbanu was the daugh
ter of Yazdajird, the last Sassanian King, was captured, converted to Islam,
married to Imam Husain (grandson of Muhammad the prophet) and was
buried on the southern slope of this Mountain.— {Schindler, 1910).
K0H-I-BISHKAN—
The Bishkan range of mountains which is at 2 farsakhs from Qasr-i-Shirm
runs towards Sar-i-pul-i-Zuhab and at | farsakh from the plain of Zuhab