'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎74r] (152/652)

CHUGHDAR—
A small village 60 miles north-north-east of Bandar Abbas. Fifty figh;)"
mg men. Livestock : 300 cattle, 1,000 sheep and goats. About 5,000
date trees. Firewood obtainable ; grass and bhusd limited. No. supplies.
—(Sher Jang, 1902.)
CHUGUKABAD—
A ruined town in Kirman, about 25 miles east of Bam, and not far
from the caravan track which runs from there to Rigan. It is the ancient
city of Narmashir.
It was at one time a place of considerable importance, and in the pos
session of the Afghans, who were expelled from it by Agha Muhammad.—
(Newcomen, 19052)
CHUH ZALAN—
A well of fairly good water and a tamarisk grove in Sarhad, 9 miles
south of Varaj, on the Bazman road. Close to it, on the south, are the
ruins of an ancient fort.— (Sykes, 1894.)
chGj—
A village in the Shamil district (q.v.). >
CHUPAN—
A natural stone pillar in Kirman, a short distance north-east of Deh-i~
Ashraf (q.v.). — (Napier, 1899.)
CHUPUN— Elev. 3,000c
A grassy maiddn at the foot of the hills a few miles north of Sarkha
(q.v.). Water abundant in ndlds.—(Sher Jang.)
CHURAK— Elev. about 300'.
Two villages in Makran, in the Kughi sub-district of Bahu-Dashtiarl
(q.v.). It lies 60 miles north-west of Sirokion the Dasht, 51 miles south
east of Qasrqand, and 20 miles north-west of Miri Bazar. It consists
of two villages, the North and South Churak, 2J miles apart. Near
South Churak the country is mostly plain, covered with a jungle of tama
risk, ahir, and kandr trees, while north of North Churak the hills begin.
At both places there are a great number of huts, but not many occupants,
as (in 1900) they had mostly taken to the hills on account of official oppres
sion. South Churak contained about 35 families of Jadgals and Baluchis,
and North Churak 20. Supplies, forage and fuel are abundant ; while
good water is procurable from bands and wells.
The climate is said to be healthy, the temperature in summer rising to
108° at noon, while the winter months are bracing and pleasant.
Camels are available for hire at annas 12 to Re. 1 per diem. There is a
small stream of the same name which, rising near Sartab Dap, flows into
the Bahu river.— (Janes, 1900.)
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