'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎68r] (140/820)

junction is known as tie Ckah-i-Cliandir. Thence bending south, it joins
the Atrak at the Chat-i-Atrak. (^apter.)
CHANISHK— Lat. 37° 1' 40"; Long. 55° 48' 0".
A large village in the province of Astarabad in the valley of Naudeh on
the road from Jajarm to Astarabad. It is situated high up on the left
of the valley, and contains about 200 houses, including the surrounding
hamlets.— (Napier.)
CHAPASHLI, CHAPOSHLl or CHAPlSHLtl— Lat. 37° 14' 20 ; Long.
59° 4' 0"; Elev. 6,000'.
A fortified village of considerable size in Darreh Gaz district, Northern
Khorasan, on the road from Kalat-i-Nadiri, 8 miles south of Muhammad-
abad, and divided from it by a low, rocky ridge. It lies in a plain at the foot of
the main range, surrounded by small mountains, which separate it from
the desert. In the middle of this plain is a spring; but the mam water-
supply is derived from a rapid river which descends from the Quran Dagh
range near Duringar, and then waters several villages and towns in the
plains. It is defended by a good wall and ditch, enclosing a space of about
500 yards square. In 1872 the village was nearly destroyed by lekke
Turkomans, of whom 3,000 horsemen and 2,000 footmen invaded the
valley, sacked the village, forcing the gates and carrying off 1,500 o
the people with all their goods and cattle. Though many houses are stil
in ruins in consequence of this, the walls are kept m good repair and its
vineyards and gardens are extensive and productive. In fact the
vineyards of Chapashll are celebrated all over Khorasun.
The population consists of about 900 families of Turks and a few Kurds
Turki being the language spoken by all. The majority were brougi
over by Nadir Shah from Bokhara ; they possess 600 cattle and 4,000
sheep and goats. Tobacco, wheat and barley, lucerne and millet are
grown. The outturn of irrigated land is about tenfold, but that of un
irrigated, when there is a good rainfall, is said to range from 20 to 40
fold. The annual production of wheat and barley m normal years is
4,500 and 3,600 Indian maunds, respectively.—(Ct late; Oranoffsky,
1894.)
CHAPPl—
A hamlet in a glen running south up to a high ridge in Northern
Khorasan, on the Kllchan-Askhabad road, ..a Ughaz, 17* miles from
Kuchan .—(Napier.)
CHAQANEH—Elev. 5,000'.
A village lying in a narrow valley between the Sumbak and Garab
mountains, on the road from Nishapur to Kuchan, at the north-eastern
extremity of the Sultan Maidan plain, 12 miles from Hisar and 42 miles
from Bam.
The valley in which Chaqaneh is situated is said to extend for some
8 miles above Chaqaneh to KQh-i-Muhammad Beg, and though the spnng
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