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KUT-KUT
KUTAL-I-MUSHGCN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Ears crossed on the road from Shiraz to Kazarun between
Musghun and Garreh.* On the Shiraz side the pass itself is steep, but the
road is fairly good and lies nearly throughout on very soft lime. On the
Kazarun side the road is more stony perhaps than before, and the descent
is sharp and unpleasant.— [Durand.)
KUTAL-I-PlR ZAN— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,500b
A pass in Ears, between ’Abdui and Dasht-i-Arjin,' 49 miles from Shiraz
by road calculated from Mian Kutal. The name, which means “ Pass of the
Old Woman,” is apparently given to it on account of its being so peculiarly
uninviting, in which quality it resembles the old women of Persia. It is the
longest of all the passes on the Bushire and Shiraz road, but is much more
practicable than any of the others. Monteith thinks it would not be necessary
to dismount artillery, though the guns would require the assistance of sol
diers to drag them up the steep south ascent, a distance of nearly 3 miles.
The chief difficulty of the pass is caused by the large, loose stones and, if
less steep, it is, if possible, rougher than the Kutal-i-Dukhtar. Newcomen
describes the north side of the pass as more like an avalanche track than a
road, and adds that the south side is worse still. About half-way up the pass
is the serai of Mian Kutal, where travellers can stop. Stack in 1882 found
this caravanserai clean and in good order. Coming from Bushire it is 2
miles from the commencement of the pass, and there is camping space for
500 men. At Mian Kutal the water was good and a plentiful supply could
be obtained from a stream there, but no other supplies are procurable [vide
this Gazetteer—Mian Kutal). Newcomen, however, in 1905 reported the
water of Mian Kutal to be bad and scarce. Curzon says that this pass
could be avoided by striking the hills 2 miles to the east, where they dip
into the Dasht Arjin. There is also a longer route from Bushire to Shiraz
via Eiruzabad, which avoids the bad passes, but it is some 210 miles in
length. It was by this latter route that the Persians brought their guns in
1857. The pass is covered with snow in winter, but traffic does not appear
to be impeded thereby although the snow no doubt adds to the already
existing difficulty ex,perienced over this pass.— [Ouseley—Monteith — Petty —
Sutherland — St. John — MacGregor — Curzon, 1889 — Newcomen, 1905 — Mark'
ham — Ussher.)
KUTAL-I-URCHIN— Lat. Lo*g. Elev.
A pass between Isfahan and Mahian on the road from Isfahan to Shiraz.—
( Trotter.)
KUTASHEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, on right bank of the Jarrahi river. It has a few
reed huts and a knot of date-trees.— [Colville.)
KUTIEH—
A tribe of Khuzistan, numbering 400 adults and inhabiting huts near
Hawizeh, tributary to that place.— [Ross.)
* In Jiret