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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [107r] (218/982)
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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Elev.
CHA—CHA
CHlR KALEH MOUNTAIN-Lat. Long.
4.i, 1 ' S ^ 1S i lbl i et0 1 the r 80Utll ' east of the Khisht plain ofLuristan, rising above
the nght banlc of the Madian river, 5 miles below the bridge of Madian
j lhe m ® untain 18 of crater-like formation, open to the north: ia
wooded, and the upper portion precipitous. It is said to contain much
water and some gardens, and is inhabited by the Mashraf liava.—{Burton.)
CHARLAR ARZANEH-Lat. Long. Elev.
T his valiey, i. e., “ The valley of the almond trees” in the Lur dialect ia
situated between the Chehar Mahal and the Ardal valley, in the. Zar-
deh Kuh Range, Isfahan Province. It is inhabited by Bakhtiari.— (Rann^.)
CHARMlNl (l)—vide MADRASEH.
CHARMlNl (2)— Lat. 32° 24' N. Long. 51° 18' E. Elev. 5,900'.
A small village in Upper Linjan, above the right bank of the Zindeh
Kud, situated amongst gardens and cultivation, and about 1 mile from
““ on the BaklltiM ™ road -(^.
CHiRMlN KCTH-Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of hills in Luristan, separating the Chehar Divar plain from that
of Zangavar. On the summit there is some extent of table-land. It
runs along the north-east side of Zangavar and Sirvan, and is visible
throughout to the traveller along the road to Deh Bala : its direction is
from north-west to south-east, where it is terminated by the Sazabin
gorge of the Saimarreh river which here enters Rudbar. It is pierced mid-
way by the Zangavar stream which there traverses the Shamsha gorge.
Ihe hill is throughout of rounded outlines, shewing, however, some rocky
precipices near its south-east end, and is grassy and dotted with dwarf
oak.-— {Kawlinson — Burton.)
CHAR SANG —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Isfahan Province, 10| miles from Isfahan itself. Here a
fine chaussee, probably^ dating from the Saffavian monarchs, commences
and goes straight to Najafabad, a distance of about 7 miles.— {Schindler.)
CHARTEH— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,000.
A campmg-ground m the Bakhtiari country situated near the head of the
Ab-i-Sabz Kuh valley. It is a summer resort of the Illdt who plant every
available space with wheat, which they reap during the summer. {Sawyer
1890.) • * 1
CHARU -—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, 12 miles north-west of Behbehan, situated on an
open plain.
CHASHISTANl —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the plain of Khist {q. v.).
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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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