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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎67v] (139/652)

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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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126
CHA-CHA
CHlH-I-SHtTR -Approx. Lat. 27° 23' 13"; Long. 59° 52'24"; Elev. 1,422'.
The name of a camping-ground at mile 42£, on the route from Bampur
to Kahnu, 154 miles from Chah-i-Gajjar. Here are three wells, about 35
feet deep; water brackish, but not very bad. Wood abundant, also
grazing and grass; plain dotted over with acacias, tamarisks, etc.—
(Jennings, 1885.)
CHAHI-SHUR—
Chah-i-Shur, situated in the bed of a stream about 109 miles north-
north-east of Bampur, in Sarhad, where there is a good well of sweet
water.— (Shaikh Mohi-ud-Din, 1893-94.)
CHAH-I-TALAZORE (Persian Baluchistan)—
The second stage on the direct road from Bampur to Narma?hir. This
road is practicable for guns. The spelling of Talazore is uncertain. The
word may be Tolagor (Tola Angur)=a species of grape (Makrani dialect).—
(Saji Abdul Nabi.)
CHlH-I-YAGHl—
A well in the Bampflr plain, 44 miles from Chah-i-Gajjar, on the road
from Bampur to Khanu.— (Jennings, 1885.)
CHAH-I-ZALtj—
A halting-place in Khorasan, about 32 miles from Neh, on the road from
Tabas. Water procurable, but supplies uncertain. It is situated between
hills on either side.— (MacGregor.)
CHAH-I-ZAR— Elev. 4,750'.
A camping-ground and well in Sarhad, 11 miles north of Vasht, on
the road to Ladis via Sangun. The well is 25 feet deep and 3 feet in
diameter, and provides a fair quantity of water slightly impregnated
with sulphur.
The well is built of stone and mortar, and is said to have been constructed
1300 years ago. No supplies are procurable; fuel is plentiful, but grass
and grazing are limited.— (Orton, 1902. )
CHAH-I-ZIARAT—
A well, 25 feet deep, at mile 85}, on route Rigan to Mlnab, 18 miles
from Kahn Rud, containing abundant sweet water.— (Jennings, 1885.).
CHAH-I-ZlRAN or ZlRU—
Name of a well on the road from Duriih to Sistan by Bandan, 21 miles
from Duruh and 30 miles from Zainulabad near Bandan.
Chah-i-Ziran is named from a thorn bush called Zir, which is plentiful
about here. There are no habitations, and no supplies are procurable.
A few black tents are scattered about some distance off, belonging to
Bahluri Baluchis. There is only one well here, but that is overflowing
now (spring) and is practically a spring. At other times of the year there
might not be enough water for a large camp—(C. E. Yate.)

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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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