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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎230r] (464/1278)

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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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parallel to the river. At Cham-us-Sabi there are about 15 permanent
habitations, mud houses ; and in winter a large encampment of about 200
tents of Arabs of the Bani Khalid section of the Bavieh tribe is located
here. The low land is habitually cultivated. The village is said to derive
its name from the Sabians {vide this Gazetteer) who formerly inhabited it,
and among this sect a vague tradition is current that many of their faith
were once massacred here. It is the property of the Nizam-us-Sultaneh,
but is farmed out to the Shaikh of Muhammareh. This is the same as Cham
Sabi.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAM ZAIDAN— Lat. 30° 18' N. ; Long. 50° 18' E. ; Elev.
A village mile north of the right bank of the Hindian river, and some
5 miles below the junction of the Khairabad and Shulistan streams. It is
the administrative centre and chief place of the Zaidan district in the pro
vince of Behbehan.
It was formerly a large town, but is now much deserted, containing only
some 120 houses. It is situated in a well-cultivated valley, wheat being
the staple product, though a considerable amount of rice is also grown.
The inhabitants number about 200. The transport available is donkeys
only—up to 500. Of supplies, grain is plentiful, the cattle number 400,
sheep and goats are obtainable in large numbers.
The inhabitants are Agha Jarls and Behbehanis. The Shaikh of Muham
mareh and the Bakhtiari chiefs, who have a joint interest in the Zaidan
valley, maintain representatives here.
Zaidan, meaning “ an olive tree ” forms a central point whence trade
from Bandar Dilam and Hindian converges. Goods go up by land, passing
to Deh Mulla, then Arat and Zaidan. The march of 22^ miles to Behbehan
hence is stony and through the lower spurs of the mountain range. The
route from Bandar Dilam to Behbehan crosses the Hindian river here by
fords ; vide also this Gazetteer —Hindian river. The village is described as
pretty, has palm gardens and a good patch of cultivated land.— Layard —•
K inneir — Felly — Blunt — Gabriel, 1905.)
CHANAKUH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small but thriving and prosperous village in Ears, about 30 miles
from Jahrum, 1| miles east on the road to Fasa.— {Stotherd, 1893.)
CHANAR (1)—Lat. 31° 3' N.; Long. 52° 47' E.; Elev.
A large village in Fars, 11 miles south-east of Abadeh, on the road thence
to Iqlid. It contains one or two forts, with extensive gardens, and 300
houses. The Khan of the place pays a maliat’ of 700 tumdns annually
to the Governor of Abadeh on behalf of the village. Water here is plentiful.
•— {Abbott — Voughan, 1891.)
CHANAR (2)—Lat. 29° 31' N.; Long. 53° 21' E.; Elev.
A village in Fars between Khan-i-Kat and Karameh, on the road from
Kirman to Shiraz. 40 houses, 30 Martinis, 100 donkeys, 6,000 goats and
sheep, 10 horses, 400 maunds of bhusd ; wood plentiful, water excellent, and
abundant from kdrizes. Several gardens. All the inhabitants suffer from
Ft. I.
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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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1 volume (635 folios)
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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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