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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [230v] (465/1278)
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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affections of the eyes. The people are hot-tempered, being said to be
Hints, of the Fatah tribes, Headman Mir ’All of' Pa-i-Kaleh.—(Gifebno,
im.)
CHANAR (3)— Lat. 30° 53' N. ; Long. 51° 21' E.; Elev.
A halting-place in Ears on the direct road from Behbehan to Qumisheh,
about 16 miles north-east of Sadat.
The descent from Khurra to Chanar is steep, difficult, and stony. Hills
barren. Barometer 23" (7,200 feet). Traverses the valley leading to Chanar;
well-watered and cultivated ; pasture good. Chanar is walled, masonry
enclosure, 500 yards right (north) of the road.— (Ross — Wells — Bell.)
CHANAR-I-RAHDAR— Lat. 39° 36' N.; Long. 52° 27' E.; Elev. 5,300'.
A
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
and toll station, 8 miles west of Shiraz, on the banks of
the Kara Aghach river, which is crossed here by a bridge. Trotter reverses
the name and calls it Rahdar-i-Chanar.— (Trotter — Curzon, 1889—New
comen, 1905.)
CHANAR FARlAB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, between Masaram and Jareih, in the valley of the
Dalaki. It possesses much rice cultivation, popular-trees, palm-trees,
willows.— (Durand.)
CHANAR SHAHlJAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
The encampment of Jehangir Khan, Mamassani, in Fars, 28 miles from
Kazarun, on the road to Behbehan, via Fahlian.— (de Bode.)
CHANGAT— Lat. Long. Elev. 3,965'.
A village and camp of Luristan lying respectively on either side of the
Khurramahad-Deh Bala road, at 6 miles from the former place.
The one to the north of the road contains 20 permanent houses, situated
on the bare and treeless slopes at the foot of the Safid Kuh.
The village to the north consists only of a camp of black tents, 3 in number,
mainly from the upper village whose inhabitants move into camp in summer.
Water is good and abundant from the springs of Sarab Changai. Fuel
from the hills of Mian Gardangeh, two miles to the west. Camp room;
supplies.— (Burton, 1897.)
CHANGAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the left bank of the Zindeh Rud, some 30 miles from Julia,
Isfahan, near the Isfahan-Shushtar-road.— (Baring.)
CHANGULAK— Elev. 1,210'.
A place in Pusht-i-Kuh, about 15| miles south-east of Gavi. In Decem
ber it contained 2 black tents, with 10 people. No supplies ; fuel scarce.
Water in plenty from river.— (Ranking, 1909.)
CHANGE LAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A river which rises in the mountains of Luristan, and, after junction
with the river of Badrai, falls into the Tigris under the name of the \adi
below Abu Khanzireh.
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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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