'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [70v] (145/652)
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132
CHA-CHA
CHARI— Elev. (about) ‘6,900'. Lat. 30° 5" ; Long. 57°'.
A halting-pi ace, 15 miles south of Kirman; no supplies ; fuel scanty j
water from the river Chari, a deep stream some 25 yards wide in spring
and summer, coming down from the Kuh-i-Lalehzar and flowing west to
Baghin. There is a large serai with good accommodation, built by a wealthy
Yazdi Parsi, though a stone over the entrance states it was by order of the
Shah. One farsakh up stream is another serai, on the road to Rabur.
Two hundred yards to the west are the remains of the old serai and a mill.
Villages in the vicinity of Chari.
Names.
1
Number
of
houses.
Resources.
Remarks.
S ar Kakhum
20
Garden, cultiva
tion, and qanats.
2 farsakhs east under
the hills.
Ziarat Shahzadeh Husain
80
Garden and culti
vation on Rud-
khaneh Langar.
5 farsakhs off under
Kuh-i-Langar.
Katal Ara ..
50
Gardens and culti
vation on Rud-
kkaneh Chari.
4 farsakhs off.
Jugu Mak ..
60
Do.
These are on the
Chari river near
Bahram Kard
100
Do.
the Rabur road.
Bakaffabad ..
100
Gardens, cultiva
tion and qanats.
On the plain, 1-| far
sakhs from Kirman
to the south-west.
Bagin ..
i
150
Gardens and a lot
of cultivation on
the Chari river.
3 farsakhs west, the
first halting-place
from Kirman on the
Bahramabad road.
(Brazier-Creagh, 1894.)
CHARM AID AN—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.).
CHARMISlR—
A village in Kirman near Shahabad (q.v.).
CHARPAR (Kutal)—
A kutal in the Bariskhan district of Kirman, which h crossed by the
road from Jashk to Anguran, about 25 miles from the.former place. The
actual rise is only some 200 feet, but the ascent is very steep, the gradieuti
[ being about 30°.— (Medley and Massy, 1893.)
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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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