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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [97v] (199/686)
The record is made up of 1 volume (336 folios). It was created in 1885. 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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172
CHA-CHA
CHAHNAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears between Shah Ghaib and Fadumi on the road from
Lar to Saiadabad, about 60 miles from the former place, in a hollow in
the Kuh Surkhun. {Stack.) .
CHAH NAU—Lat. Long. Elev.
A well in Yazd, about 2 miles off the road from Yazd to Baibanak,
between Anjirak and Khuranak. Good water. {MacGregor.)
CHAH-TALKH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place, 18 miles from Jahrum, Ears, on the road to Mughu
bay. {Jones.)
CHAHTAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Liravi subdivision of the Bihbahan division of
Khuzistan. {Layard.)
. CHAKHAWAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A large caravansarai of burnt brick, about 33 miles from Yazd on the
road from Naiband. There are tive or six wells of good water, but no
inhabitants.
{Stewart.)
CHAL {i.e., “the desert”) —
The name given to a route travelled by Mr. Schindler, in Khuzistan,
proceeding in a north-west direction from the foot of the Dehliz pass
to Badamak, where there are several streams flowing south.
{Baring — Schindler.)
CHALABET—Lat. Long. Elev.
A stage in Khuzistan, mentioned by Mackenzie as the fifth on the
alternative road from Isfahan to Shustar, vid Kavarukh and Bazuft.
This route, however, is closed from November till early in May.
{Mackenzie!)
CHALAN CHtFLAN—Lat. Long. Elev. 4,920 / .
A village, 16£ miles from Burujird, on the road thence to Khuram-
abad, Khuzistan. It contains 120 families, and is the principal village of
the Yar AhmadI Lurs. {Schindler.)
Bell (22nd April 1884) says it is the residence of Abbas Khan, Chief
of the Yar Ahmadi Lurs. The valley of the Diz is here from 5 to 10
miles broad : it is flat and swampy in places; soil clay, growing fine
wheat and barley. Villages in the vicinity numerous, from | to 1 mile
apart, along the line of the stream. The houses are of mud, roof flat,
of tree rafters, covered with mud; a few poplars surround each
village; otherwise, the district is treeless; firewood very scarce.
CHAL-I-MOREH—Lat. Long. Elev.
The Chal-i-Moreh valley is situated in Ears between Basht and Teles
pud, on the road from Shiraz to Bihbahan.
It is almost perfectly flat, and has its alluvial soil standing level up
against the stony hills.
A narrow gorge admits the river which meanders from the north
east escaping by an equally narrow gorge to the west. The plain ex
tends to the east like an arm of the sea, the sluggish stream of Sar-
ab-i-Siah draining this arm, and falling into the main stream, 2
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The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in April 1885 in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General’s Department in India, under the orders of Major General Sir Charles Metcalfe Macgregor, Quartermaster-General in India. Publication took place in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, in 1885.
The following items precede the main body of the gazetteer:
- a note by Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell, Deputy Quartermaster General, Intelligence Branch, requesting inaccuracies, omissions and suggestions for the gazetteer be reported to the Deputy Quartermaster General;
- a second note, dated 26 November 1885, describing the geographical scope of the four volumes comprising the Gazetteer of Persia , and also making reference to the system of transliteration used (Hunterian) and authorities consulted;
- a preface, containing a summary of the geographical boundaries of the Gazetteer, a description of the Persian coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , an abridged account of trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1884, and a description of telegraphs in the regions described by the Gazetteer.
The gazetteer includes entries for human settlements (villages, towns and cities), geographic regions, tribes, significant geographic features (such as rivers, canals, mountains, valleys, passes), and halting places on established routes. Figures for latitude, longitude and elevation are indicated where known.
Entries for human settlements provide population figures, water sources, location relative to other landmarks, climate. Entries for larger towns and cities can also include tabulated meteorological statistics (maximum and minimum temperatures, wind direction, remarks on cloud cover and precipitation), topographical descriptions of fortifications, towers, and other significant constructions, historical summaries, agricultural, industrial and trade activities, government.
Entries for tribes indicate the size of the tribe (for example, numbers of men, or horsemen), and the places they inhabit. Entries for larger tribes give tabulated data indicating tribal subdivisions, numbers of families, encampments, summer and winter residences, and other remarks.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
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- 1 volume (336 folios)
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The gazetteer’s entries are arranged in alphabetically ascending order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 341; 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 volume has two printed pagination systems, the first of which uses Roman numerals and runs from I to XIII (ff 3-10), while the second uses Arabic numerals and runs from 1 to 653 (ff 12-338).
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