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CHUA—CHUL
CHUA CHUAN— Elev. 5,610'.
The village of Yarviz Sultan of the Guran Kurds, stands on the road
from Kaleh Zangir to Gavarra, 6 miles north-west of the latter: consists of
80 huts and a few permanent houses. Water, fuel and forage are abundant.
Supplies in summer only, as the people migrate to Zuhab for the winter.
The section of Yarviz Sultan numbers 500 houses, and supplies 100 infantry
and 10 sowars to the Guran Kurd regiment of Kaleh. Zangir, of which the
chief, or Amir-i-Tuman, resides at Gavarra.— [Burton.)
CHUB TASHAN—(CHUB TAKASHAY).
Two villages in Kirmanshah situated in the BUawar valley, about 32
miles north of Kirmanshah city.
They contain about 25 to 30 houses inhabited by Bilawarl Kurds ;
therg are some trees and gardens ; water from springs; good grazing ;
300 sheep and goats.— [Vaughan.)
CHUBANKAREH—
A small village in Azarbaijan, 15 miles south of Giigan.— (Schindhr.)
CHUKLl—
A village in Azarbaijan in the valley of the Jaghatu. It is of no great
size, but is pleasantly situated on a small stream which flows down to the
Sariiq and there is more cultivation around it than is usually seen in this
desolate and sterile tract. It is the last Afshar village of any consequence
towards the Kurdish frontier in this direction.— [Rawlinson.)
CHUL—
A tract in Azarbaijan, situated south of the Sarhq river, on the fron
tiers of Kurdistan. It is an uninhabited desert, and forms a sort of neutral
ground between these provinces.— [Rawlinson.)
CHULAK (BALA)— Elev. 5,030'.
Stands on the edge of the Zabarl plain, 1 mile north-west of the other
village of Chulak. There are a number of fine willows and some gardens
and fruit trees. The people are Kalhur Kurds and number 25 houses.
Abundant water and forage available ; some supplies in winter and more
in summer. There are a large number of sheep and goats grazing on the
Zabari plain in summer ; no fuel adjacent, but it is procurable from the
mountains within 3 miles. Ample camp room. Roads to Kirmanshah
via Mah r dasht and Zailan diverge over the plain near the village.— [Burton.)
CHULAK PAIN— Elev. 5,020'.
Stands on the south-west edge of the Zabarl plain, on the road from
Harunabad to Kirmanshah via Zailan, 10 miles from the former. The
village consists of 15 houses and is augmented in summer by 20 huts of
boughs. The people are Kalhur Kurds. Abundant water from a large
Kdriz stream, and a fair area of cultivation; good grazing; no fuel; the
people own a number of sheep and goats and some cattle. A few willow
trees.— [Burton.)