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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [103r] (210/982)
The record is made up of 1 volume (487 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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CHAM (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in KEuzistan, 8 miles east of Yazd, inhabited by Gabrs.—
(Abbott.)
CHAM (2), vide JARBAHI (River).
CHAMAGtf— Lat. 31° 58' N. Long. 51° 2' E. Elev.
A village on the road from Du Pulan to Isfahan, 17 miles east of the for
mer ; it is situated on the left bank of the stream from Chigha-Khur
lake, and 8 miles by road east of Chigha-Khur fort. Opposite the
village, on the right bank of the stream and on slopes running up
south to the Kallar mountain, are corn-fields, out in the beginning of
August.—( Burton.)
CHAMAL-GlR, vide MALAGAUN.
CHAMAN-I-GAZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Khuzistan, about 70 miles from Dizful, on the road to
Khurramabad.— (Schindler.)
CHAMAN-I-SULTAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A poor village in Khuzistan, the first in the Burbarfid district, on the
road from Isfahan to Burujird. —(Schindler.)
CHAMAN-I-YURGHA— Lat. Long. Elev. 850'.
A halting-place in the Bakhtiari country on the Karun river, 88 miles from
Kaleh Bazuft, on the track to Shushtar. No supplies.— (McSwiney, 1891.)
CHAM ASMAN (KALEH)— Lat. 32° 26' N. Long. 51° 18' E. Elev. 5,500'.
A hamlet in upper Linjan, situated on the right bank of the Zindeh Rfid,
about 1| miles west of Madraseh. It contains some mills, as well as a small
kaleh belonging to an Isfahan! Agha ;100 houses.— (Arbuthnot, 1905.)
CHAMBEH— Lat. Long. E lev.
A valley in the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan, some 11 miles south-west of Deh
Bala. The Deh Bala river traverses it in a south-westerly direction. The
valley has some cultivation with camps of Lurs, and contains stretches of
level ground on which troops could camp. Water and fuel are procurable
in abundance, and there is good grazing. The last 4 miles of the track from
Deh Bala has some sudden and abrupt descents, impassable for guns and
difficult for mules.— (Vaughan, September 1897.)
CHAM BURAKI— Lat. Long. E lev.
A village in Ears, to north of Shiraz (called Aiyub in St. John’s map).
It possesses plenty of water and corn crops. The well and groves of Aiyub
are a short mile distant, on the hill side to south. The village is in fair
order. — (Durand.)
CHAM CHARATEH— Lat. 30° 22' N. Long. 50° 10' E. Elev.
A village in the Zaidan plain in the district of the same name of Behbehan
province. It is situated on the right bank of the river Hindlan, and on
the right bank of the Lunjir canal 2 miles below Lunjir. It contains 700
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The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).
The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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 488.
The volume also contains a glossary (folios 481-486).
Compiled in the Division of the Chief of 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 489; 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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