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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [68v] (141/652)
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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128
CHA-CHA
CHAH LAMBID— Elev. 2,320'.
A dry well in Persian Baluchistan, 18 miles south-south-east of Baz-
man, on the road to Bampur. Close to it are three Jcahur trees, known as
Daul Hasanat.— (Wood, February 1899.)
CHAH MAKl—L at. 31° 32'; Long. 60° 56'.
In Nehbandan. There is a spring of sweet and good water, sufficient for a
force of 5,000 men. A little below the spring it becomes salt. There is
plenty of camel-grazing, and gaz jungle near the spring. The neighbour
hood is level.— (Gibbon, 1908.)
CHAH MALIK— Elev. 2,250'.
A halting-place in Kirman, situated just beyond the eastern verge of
the Narmashir, 111 miles from Rigan, on the road to Bazman. It has a
well of perennial sweet water, some 6 feet deep, and also a line of disused
qandts, which, if cleared out, would doubtless again give a supply of clear
water. New wells could also be dug, when water would be struck at 6 or
7 feet. The camel-grazing is good ; fuel plentiful, and the soil is fair
and arable. The climate is very hot.— (Wood, February 1899.)
CHAH MANSHAN—
A well in Sarhad, about 9 miles north of Vasht.— (Sykes, 1893.)
CHAH MIR—
A well in the Bampur district, 30 miles north-east of Fanuch, on the
Bazman road. There is no village ; the water-supply is uncertain, and
there are no supplies.— (Brazier-Creagh, 1893, from native information.)
CHAH MUSTAFA—
A well of sweet water in Sarhad, 12 miles from Darinchah and 57 miles
from Magas, on the Vasht road.— (Sykes, 1893.)
CHAHNA SHAI KUH—
The name of a small range of hills in Sarhad, to the east of Jauri and of
the Chah-i-Grabi hdmun. Jauri is situated at mile 226£, on the route from
Sehkuha to Bampur.— (Jennings, 1885.)
CHAHNUK—
A hamlet in Makran, close to, and south of, Kutaich, on the Fanuch-
Ramishk read.— (Sykes, 1898. )
CHAH RAIS—
The name of a halting-place at approximately mile 47, on route Nur
Muhammad Kariz to Rigan. It is situated on a flowing stream. No
village. Forage, grass, wood and water abundant.— (Jennings, 1885.)
CHAH RlG—
A well in the Marz sub-division of Bashakard, situated to the south of
the Ramishk-Manujan road, 11 miles north-west of Gvanchun.— (Sykes,
t 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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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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