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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎228r] (460/1278)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (635 folios). It was created in 1924. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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CHA—CHA
221
CHAM-I-GIRDAB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A ruined village in Luristan between Cham-i-Gaz and Pul-i-Tang, about
2 miles from the former, on the Khurramabad-Dizful road. {Schindler.)
CHAMIL AB-I—
A stream in Pusht-i-Kuh. When crossed between Deh Bala and Cham
Abadi in November 1909, it contained a few inches of water.—{Ranking,
1909.)
CHAM-I-MULLA—
A halting-place in the Behbehan district of ’Arabistan, the third on the
Hindian-Isfahan road.— {Ross.)
CHAM-I-ZAMl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, in the bdluk of Kam Firuz {q.v.)—{Durand.)
CHAM-I-ZARNI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the valley of Kam Firuz in Ears, the property of one Haji
Nasirullah Khan.— {Durand.)
CHAM KALGEH— Lat. 30° 21' N.; Long. 49° 45' E.; Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, on the right bank of the river Hindian,
2 miles south of Cham Tang. It is inhabited by 600 Qanawatis, who
cultivate grain, and own 150 cattle, 200 donkeys and 1,000 sheep.—
{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAM KHALAF ’ISA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, 2 miles south of Deh Mulla, on the right
bank of the river Hindian. It is inhabited by 800 Qanawatis and other
Behbehanis, who cultivate grain and own 20 horses, 30 mules, 200 donkeys,
150 cattle and 2,000 sheep.— (Pemtm Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAM KHARNUB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, 1 mile south of D’ainkhak, on the right
bank of the river Hindian. It is inhabited by 20 Qanawatis who
cultivate grain and own a few cattle and donkeys.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazet
teer, 1908.)
CHAM LlSHAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in ’Arabistan not far from Ramuz. {Lorimer, 1906.)
CHAM MURAD— Lat. 30° 16" N.; Long. 49° 44' E.; Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, on the left bank of the river Hindian,
U miles south-west of Zulmabad. It is inhabited by 300 Agha Jans
who cultivate grain and own 275 donkeys and 160 cattle. -(Peman Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAMPEH— Lat. 26° 47' N. ; Long. 54° 46' ; Elev.
A village in the Lingeh district, 20 | miles from the town of that name
on the road to Bastak. It contains about 70 people, and is surrounded
by numerous date groves. The water is from birkehs, and but few sup
plies are procurable.— {Vaughan, December 1887.)

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The item is Volume III, Part I: A to K of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1924).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on towns, villages, districts, provinces, tribes, forts, dams, shrines, coastal features, islands, rivers, streams, lakes, mountains, passes, and camping grounds. Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, administration, water supply, communications, caravanserais, trade, produce, and agriculture.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume includes an Index Map of Gazetteer and Routes in Persia (folio 636), showing the whole of Persia with portions of adjacent countries, and indicating the extents of coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia , administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns.

Printed at the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.

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1 volume (635 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 637; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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