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KftT —Lat. 30° 31' N. Long. 49° 43' E. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, f of a mile west of Buzi near the left bank
of the river Hindian. It is inhabited by 500 Nizarat Arabs and some
Behbehanis, who grow rice, beans, corn and linseed, and own 150 cattle and
200 donkeys .—{Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
KtlT ’ABDULLAH— Lat. 31° 24' N. Long. 48° 42' E. Elev.
A village of 60 mud houses inhabited by A1 Bu Kurd and Bavleh, situated
nearly 49 miles south of Band-i-Qlr on the left bank of the Karun river.
It adjoins the village of Kut Suwaiyid, from which it is separated only by
small ridge. Detached on the south side at about | of a mile, is a part of the
village called Bait Haidar, which is owned by MirzaHamzeh, the principal
Arab agent of the Shaikh of Muhammareh. There is a ferry at Kut ’Ab
dullah with one small boat.—(Peman Gulf Gazetteer, 19C8.)
KUT ’ABD-USH-SHAH,— vide KALEH ’ABD-UL-SHAH.
KUTAL-I-DUKHTAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Ears, over a low range of hills between Kazarun and the plain of
Abdhi. The ascent commences 9 miles from Kazarun, and is about one in
8 or 10. The road is excellent. At the foot of the mountain there is a
causeway across a creek of the salt lake, called the Darla-i-Parlshan [q.v.),
which is said to be deep but narrow. The road has been carried by stone
steps directly up the face of the mountain, with a very few abrupt zigzags,
and nothing can be more unpromising for baggage and artillery than the ap
pearance of this passage. The road was first made by the mother of Imam
Qull Khan, Viceroy of Ears, under Shah ’Abbas, when it was called Kutal-
i-Ushanak. At the end of the eighteenth century it was reconstructed by
a merchant, Haji Muhammad Husain of Bus hire. Abo at 1820 it was
put in repair by Kalb ’AH Khan, Governor of Kazarun, and impressed Rich
so much that he called it the Simplon of Persia.” It was again
repaired in ^ 1834 by the mother of Timur Mirza, and about 1870
by the Mushir-ul-Mulk, Vazir of Ears, sin.ce when it d* es not seem to have
been attended to, and Newcomen says that now (1905) it is in a worse
condition than ever. It is almost impossible for a horse or mule to go up or
down this pass without falling. It appears to have been carried up the
steepest face of the rock. Clark, writing in 1857, says the road leads down
the precipitous sides of a lofty mountain; the roadway for the most part
be mg perfectly smooth, quicklime having been used in filling up and level
ling the way after the stones had been laid down. The filling material
between the stones has long since disappeared, leaving holes, and the road
jiow consists of great, irregular blocks of stone, worn smooth and slippery by
the hoofs of countless mules. A strong stone parapet, also finished with
brick and lime, is continued for about 2 miles, the length of the roadway;
now it is a very low breast wall which guards the road in places only. So
perpendicular is the mountain that a stone might be thrown from the sum
mit to any part of this way. Monteith mentions having searched for a more
practicable route, and having come to the conclusion that if another cause
way or bridge were thrown across the creek, a tolerably easy road might be
made about £ a mile to the east of the present one, and then the hill up