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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎66r] (136/706)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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CHASHMEH-I-T—CHASHMEH SHAHI
119
CHASHMEH-I-TAGLAG—
A spring close to a hill called Kuh-i-Taglag, on the southern slopes of
the Kuh-i-Bin6bar, 22£ miles from Frat on the road to Samnan.— {Schindler
CHASHMEH-I-ZAGHAB (?)—
A halting place in Yazd with water 10 farsakhs from Nam, on the road
to Khur — {MacGregor.)
CHASHMEH-I-ZARlN—
At the foot of the Zarin Kuh, a part of the Binobar Kuh, 17| miles
from Frat on the road to Samnan. Lead ore is found close by to the
north.— {Schindler.)
CHASHMEH KABUD—
A very small hamlet with spring of good water in the Elburz, about
15 miles north-east of Firuzkuh. There are no supplies, except milk
and grass procurable, and no proper camping ground. A few wild goose
berry bushes grow about here; they are called “ Gul Shangir.” This
plant is not commonly found in these hills.— {Lovett.)
CHASHMEH-KHALTL—
A hamlet of 10 houses about 5 miles short of Khusruabad on the Tabriz-
Kirmanshah road.— {Napier.)
CHASHMEH-KHURRAM—
A spring between Ahuwan Sarai and Samnan, on the road to Tehran
from Meshed.— {Belleiv.)
CHASHMEH-LANJ-AB—
A village in Kurdistan about 32 miles south of Sinneh situated on the
southern slope of the Kuh Hashteh: about 20 houses, some trees, consi
derable crops and cultivation : 300 sheeps and goats— (Vaughan.)
CHASHMEH PARAN—
A village of 15 houses about 20 miles south of Hamadan, on the road
to Burujird via Daulatabad.— {Schindler.)
CHASHMEH ROZlA—
A fine spring in the Elburz, about 12 miles from Chashmeh, on the road
from Firuzkuh. The water pours out from three heads in large volumes,
so that the stream, which above the springs was only some 8 or 9 inches
deep, was, below them, about 2 feet deep and 12 feet wide. The water
comes out of a crevice in a precipice of rock, and is said to be perennial in
its flow.— {Lovett.)
CHASHMEH SAFlD—
A small spring in the Kirmanshah district, on the right of the road between
Karind and Mian Taka about 5 miles south-east from the former place.
{Taylor.)
CHASHMEH SHAHl or CHASHMEH-I-SHlH— Elev. 8,900.
A halting place in the Elburz, on the Lar river, 30 miles south-east of
Baladeh,— (Lovett.)

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The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).

The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.

The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, and agriculture.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).

Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.

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1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; 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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