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KALAT SHIR— Lat. Long. Elev.
The remains of a strong old fort in Yazd, in the village of Deh-i-Shir (q.v.).
It is said to have been built by a former king named Muhammad Musafir,
and has a fine inscription to that effect in enamelled tile-work over the
gateway. To the east is a flat-topped hill of the same name with scarped
sides like the droogs of Southern India.— {MacGregor.)
KALATLF, see SHlBKUH PORTS.
KALAT-UL-’UBAID (or ’ABID ?V-Lat. (of fort) 26° 43' 21"; Long.
53° 53'29"; Elev.
A village on the coast of Lar, miles east of Chiru. It has a large fort
on a hill, a quarter of a mile inland from the village. A round tower at the
west end of the fort is 250 feet above the sea. The village contains 150 men
of the Bani Ahmad tribe, all fishermen. There are a few date trees to the
east of it.
Water is obtainable from wells and a reservoir. The anchorage, if close
in, is well sheltered. Between this place and Chiru is a small range of hills
about 200 feet high. The Persian Imperial Customs have a post here.—
(Constable—Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALATUNG— ^Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman near Shaha-abad (q.v.).
KALAWAND—
A major division of the Dirakwand tribe of the Bala Girieh group of
Laristan (q.v.).
KAL BAL BIZ —Lat. Long. Elev.
A chashwvh in the district of Yazd, 54 miles south-west of Mahriz and
forming the limit of the cultivation of that town.— (Vaughan, 1890.)
KALBIBAK—
A village in the Bakhtiari country near the eastern end of the Chighakhur
valley.— (Sawyer, 1890.) >
KALCHABAD—
A village in Kirman, 74| miles from the town of that name, on the road
to Yazd.
It contains about 100 houses, and has a qandt of sweet water.— (Wood,
October 1899.)
KALEH ’ABBAS— Lat. 32° 20' N. Long. 48° 27' E. Elev. ,
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, 9 miles south of Dizful, on the east side
of Tie Diz river. It contains 30 houses and a small fort and is inhabited by
Sagwand and a few Fail! Lurs from ’Amaleh Karim Khan. It musters 90
fighting men with 3 rifles. The villagers own 22 mules and 3 flocks of sheep.
Water is obtained from the river Diz by the Sharifabad canal.— (Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KALEH (or KtJT) ’ABD-USH-SHAH— Lat. 32° 15' N. Long. 48° 27' E.
Elev.
A village in Northern ’Arabistan, 16 miles south of Dizful and 1 mile
inland from the left bank of the Diz river. It contains 80 houses and a
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