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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [76v] (157/820)
The record is made up of 1 volume (396 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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138
CHE—CHI
CHEHIL RAK— Elev. 3,000'. .
The last stage in Khorasan on the Birjand-Kirman road, forty miles
sou’-son’-west of Naiband, and situated in a broad river-bed, between
cliffs. There is good water obtainable in a hauz here.— (Sykes, 1894.)
CHEHIL SAB—
The seventh stage on the Meshed-Hsrat road via Khaf, 188 miles from
the former place.— (Christie.)
CHIDtJ—
A hamlet in the Kakh huluk of the district of Tabas in Khorasan, in
a gully just below the Gudar-i-Kami.— (Bellew.)
CHILGHI—
A small walled village in Khorasan containing about 20 houses_ ot
Meshedis, about 16 miles from Meshed, on the road to Sarakhs via Ak-
darband. It is about a mile south of the road. Water good. Supplies
procurable in moderation. The ground near Chilglu is not so good for
camp, as that at Qalshur close by. ChilghI has 20 families and 12
ploughs.— (MacLean, 1888; Galindo.)
CHILIAN—
A village in Northern Khorasan on the borders of the DarrehGaz district,
to which it belongs. The village, which is contained in a fort, is wretched
enough; but it is charmingly situated, amidst groves of trees. Pheasants,
similar in plumage to the English variety, but with a white patch on each
wing, abound in the vicinity.— (Stewart.)
CHIL-I-CHAH—
Name of a scarped hill overlooking Chinaran, on the side of which
lies a small hamlet called Kalateh-i-Dargah, situated in the Gulmakan sub"
division of the Meshed district in Khorasan.— (C. E. Yate.)
CHILKAMAN—
A village fort in Northern Khorasan, 66 miles from Kalat-i-Nadiri,
on the road to Sarakhs by Chehcheh. It has 50 houses, with water, fuel,
and forage.— (MacGregor.)
CHILKAMAN-I-DARBAND—
A walled village of 50 houses in Northern Khorasan, 32 miles from
Sarakhs on the road to Kalat-i-Nadiri. There is good water here —
(MacGregor.)
CHXLT-I-ULUN— Lat. 37° 22' 0" ; Long. 54° 48' 0".
A ford over the Atrak river, 50 miles south-east of Chikishlyar.—
(Intelligence Division, War Office.)
CHINAR—
A village in the Turbat buluk of the Turbat-i-Haidari district of Khora*
san.— (Bellew.)
CHINARAN (No. 1) (District) —
A sub-division of the Meshed district in Khorasan. It is bounded on the
north by Kuchan, on the south by Mian Vilalat and Darzab, on the west
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The item is Volume I of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).
The volume covers the provinces of Astarabad, Shahrud-Bustam, and Khorasan, or such part of them as lies within the following boundaries: on the north the Russo-Persian boundary; on the east the Perso-Afghan boundary; on the south and south-west, a line drawn from the Afghan boundary west through Gazik to Birjand, and the road from Birjand to Kirman, and from Kirman to Yazd; and on the west the road from Yazd to Damghan and thence to Ashraf.
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, 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 (from a later edition of the Gazetteer of Persia ), dated January 1917, on folio 397.
The volume also contains a glossary (folios 393-394); and note on weights and measures (folios 394v-395).
Prepared by the General Staff Headquarters, India.
Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 398; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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