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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [226r] (456/1278)
The record is made up of 1 volume (635 folios). It was created in 1924. 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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CHA—CHA
219
CHALYAR (Cbuliar) commonly called “ Ceulcheh. ”—Lat. Long.
Elev.
A stage in Khuzistan, the third on the route from Shushtar to Isfahan
via Uganuri and Qehfarukh, 52 miles from Shushtar, between Lali and
Han-i-Nan.— (Mackenzie.)
CHAM (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan, 8 miles east of Yazd, inhabited by Gabrs.—
(Abbott.)
CHAM (2), vide JARRAHl (River).
CHAM— '
On the Behbehan-Bandar Dilam road opposite the ford over the
Hindian river. Residence of Agha Khan, son of Aimur Khan of the
Agha Jari.— (Chick, 1910.)
CHAM ABADl— Lat. Long. Elev. 3,350'.
A village in Pusht-i-Kuh, about 12 miles south-west of Deh Bala. Popu
lation of 40 people all the year round. Water in plenty from the Ab-i-
Chamil. Supplies in small quantities from tents of Tang Situn Ilidts. 8
water mills.— (Ranking, 1909.)
CHAMAGU— Lat. 31° 58' N. ; Long. 51° 2' E.; Elev.
A village on the road from Du Pulan to Isfahan, 17 miles east of the
former ; it is situated on the left bank of the stream from Chigha Khur
lake, and 8 miles by road east of Chigha-Khur fort. Opposite the village,
on the right bank of the stream and on slopes running up south to the
Kallar mountain, are corn-fields, cut in the beginning of August.— (Burton.)
CHAMAL-GlR, vide MALAGAUN.
CHAM-I-GAZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Khuzistan, about 70 miles from Dizful on the road to
Khurramabad.— (Schindler.)
CHAMAN-I-SULTAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A poor village in Khuzistan, the first in the Burbarud district, on the
road from Isfahan to Burujird.— (Schindler.)
CHAMAN-I-YURGHA— Lat. Long. Elev. 850'.
A halting-place in the Bakhtiarl country on the Karun river, 88 miles from
Kaleh Bazuft, on the track to Shushtar. No supplies.— (McSwiney, 1891.)
CHAM ASMAN (KALEH)— Lat. 32° 26' N.; Long. 51° 18' E.; Elev. 5,500'.
A hamlet in upper Linj an, situated on the right bank of the Zindeh Rud,
about 1| miles west of Madraseh. It contains some mills, as well as a small
kaleh belonging to an IsfahanI Agha ; 100 houses.— (Arbuthnot, 1905.)
CHAMBEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley in the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan, some 11 miles south-west of Deh
Bala. The Deh Bala river traverses it in a south westerly direction. The
valley has some cultivation with camps of Lurs, and contains stretches of
level ground on which troops could camp. Water and fuel are procurable
in abundance, and there is good grazing. The last 4 miles of the track from
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The item is Volume III, Part I: A to K of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1924).
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 towns, villages, districts, provinces, tribes, forts, dams, shrines, coastal features, islands, rivers, streams, lakes, mountains, passes, and camping grounds. Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, administration, water supply, communications, caravanserais, trade, produce, and agriculture.
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 includes an Index Map of Gazetteer and Routes in Persia (folio 636), showing the whole of Persia with portions of adjacent countries, and indicating the extents of coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia , administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns.
Printed at the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924.
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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 637; 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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