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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎104r] (212/982)

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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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tivate grain, and own 150 cattle 200 donkeys and 1,000 sheep.'— (Persian
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAM KHALAF ’ISA- Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Southern ’ Arabistan, 2 u.iles south of Deh Mulla, on the right
bank of the river Hindian. It is inhabited by 800 Qanawatis and other
Behbehanis, who cultivate grain and own 20 horses, 30 mules, 200 donkeys,
150 cattle and 2,000 sheep.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAM KHARNUB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, 1 mile south of D’airikhak, on the right
bank of the river Hindian. It is inhabited by 20 Qanawatis, who cul
tivate grain and own a few cattle and donkeys.—( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer
1908.)
CHAM LlSHAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A place in ’Arabistan not far from Ramuz.— (Lorimer, 1906.)
CHAM MURAD— Lat. 30° 16' N. Long. 49° 44' E Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, on the left bank of the river Hindian
1| miles south-west of Zulmabad. It is inhabited by 300 Agha Jar^s ,
who cultivate grain and own 275 donkeys and 160 cattle.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAMPEH— Lat. 26° 47' N. Long. 54° 46' E. Elev.
A village in the Lingeh district, 20| miles from the town of that name,
on the road to Bastak. It contains about 70 people, and is surrounded"
by numerous date groves. The water is from birkeks, and but few supplies
are procurable.— (Vaughan, December 1887.)
CHAM RAHMANl —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, on the river Hindian and not far from
its left bank, situated about 1 mile north-west of Hindian town. It is
inhabited by 200 Qanawatis, who cultivate grain and own 75 donkeys and
40 cattle.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAM SABI, vide CHAM-US-SABl— Lat. Long. Elev.
CHAM SH’ABANI— Lat. 30° 12' N. Long. 49° 41' E. Elev.
A village in Southern ’Arabistan, on the right bank of the river Hindian
and f of a mile south-west of Gharabi Buzurg. It consists of 60 houses
of Agha Jaris and 20 of Ka’b Arabs of the Sha’abani section, who cultivate
grain and own 200 cattle, 100 donkeys and 100 sheep and goats.— (Pemaw
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAM SHALAILl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A plain in Khuzistan, on the banks of the Ab-i-Gargar, not far below
Shushtar.— (Layard.)
CHAM SUJEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the left bank of the Marun river in the Hindian valley, passed
on the road from Behbehan to Gargari. It contains a few huts in the vicinity
and there is a good camping-ground in the river-bed.—(Ponder.)

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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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1 volume (487 folios)
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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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