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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎63v] (131/652)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (322 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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OHAH DAR—
A well in the Marz sub-division of Bashakard, situated to the south
of the Manuj an-Ramishk road, 20 miles east-south-east of Tumdran —
{Sykes, 1898.)
CHAH DARAZ—
Name of a well on the road between Birjand and Nasratabad (Sistan)
It is situated between the Lurg-i-Shuturan (salt lake) and the road, and is 14
miles from Shusp and 16 miles from Sehlabad.
The valley in which it is situated, lying between the Kuh-i-Baharan on
the east and the Kuh-i-Hari on the west, is also called Chah-i-Daraz and
is extremely rich in camel-grazing. The whole of the valley north of Shusp
and south of Sehlabad drains into the Lurg-i-Shuturan—( Wanliss, 1903.)
CHAH DARAZ—
A well in the Marz Sub-division of Bashakard, situated to the south of
the Manuj an-Ramishk road, 8 | miles from Kahn Mirza.
It is aoout 20 feet deep, holds but little water, and requires cleaning
out.— {Sykes, March 1898.)
CHAH DARDAN— Elev. 2,150/
A disused well in Persian Baluchistan, 18 miles south of Bazman—
{Sykes, 1894.) '
CHAH DAZ—
A well in Sarhad, 27 miles west of Ladis, on the road from there to
Galugan. It holds a little sweet water.—(Ifooc^, 1899.)
CHAH DRAJ— Lat. ; Long. ; Elev.
The name of a sea of low shale hills to the west and north-west of Ladis
in Sarhad.— {Jennings, 1885.)
CHAH FlRtfZ—
A village in Rudbar {q.v.) in Kirman.
CHAH GABl or GHAIBl— Elev. 4,750/
A well and halting-place in Sarhad, 127 miles east-south-east of Rigan,
on the road to Vasht.
The well, which is 8 feet deep and revetted with tamarisk, contains a
little drinkable water, but it lies to the north of the track and is hard to
find.— {King Wood, December 1899.)
CHAH GAZ—
A well in the Marz sub-division of Bashakard, situated to the south
of the Manujan-Ramishk road, 13| miles from Kahn Mirza.
It is about 20 feet deep, holds but a little water, and requires clean-
ug out .—{SykcSi March 1898.)

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The item is Volume IV of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of Persia south and east of the Bandar Abbas-Kirman-Birjand to Gazik line, with the exception of Sistan, 'which is dealt with in the Military Report on Persian Sistan'. It also includes the islands of Qishm, Hormuz, Hanjam, Larak etc. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the whole district of Shamil.

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

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 contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 323.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 313-321).

Prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (322 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; 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 also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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