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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎108r] (220/982)

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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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CHA8HMEH-I-KHCnI, i. e., “ The bloody spring ”—Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley in the Chehar Mahal Province of Isfahan, where there is little
pasture, but wide spaces of white anemones. (Stack.)
CHASHMEH-I-MAR V ARID -Lat. Long. Elev.
A spring ten miles from Deh Diz on the Lynch road to Isfahan , the spring
is below the road, where there are willows, small plane trees, and a thick
oak forest situated in a rocky ravine. Temperature at 5-35 p. m. on 8th
August 1903— ( B urton, 1903.)
CHASHMEH-I-NARGLSl— Lat. Long. Elev.
The tenth stage (Ears), 16o miles south-east of Bushire, on the Bushirc*
Lar road, via Khurmuj and Haftavan.— (Ross.)
CHASMHMEH-I-RAUGHANl— Lat. Long. Elev. 1,950'.
A spring at the south-western extremity of the plain of Tuleh, in the lower
Bakhtiarl country. It is usually made the 3rd stage from ►Shiislitar, 87
miles, or 4th stage from Nasiri, 79 miles, by the Bakhtiari caravan road.
It is’ notable as being the one of the few sweet water springs among the
numerous brackish ones met with in this part of the route. Close to it is the
brackish stream named the Ab-i-Lashkar which also lends its name to desig
nate this stage. There are two small llidts, habitations in the shape of reed
huts, in its proximity, from which but scanty supplies are procurable.
— (Morton, 1905; Arbuthnot, 1905.)
CHASHMEH-I-SAFLD— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,800'.
An easy pass in Kirman between Mubarak Husain and Nan Kand on the
Bandar ’Abbas-Saidabad road, about 45 miles south of the latter place.
It is a favourite haunt of bandits.— (Newcomen, 1905.)
CHASHMEH-I-SALATlN—L at. 30° 32' Long. 52° 36' Elev.
A spring a few miles from Asupas, Ears, on the road thence to Rlzabad
and 10 miles north of (Durand—Grahame, 1908.)
CHASHMEH-I-SIRDUN— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,000'. .
A spring in the Bakhtiarl country, situated in a ravine below the Gartak
spur of the Kuh-i-Rang mountain. It is a good site for a camp, while
excellent fodder, water and fuel are at hand (July).— (Sawyer, 1890.)
CHAkSHMEH-I-TLfL —Lat. Long. Elev. 1,100'.
A spring in Ears, about 1,000 feet below the crest of the Bamu Hill, near
Shiraz. It is pure and well-shaded, and a bridle-path leads straight up to
it.— (Durand.)
CHASHMEH RABAT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A clear and rapid stream emerging from qandts at the road side, 9| miles
after descending the Pass of Rukh, which is 28 miles south by west of
Vargun on the road from Isfahan into ’Arabistan.—(Rwrtow.)

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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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