'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎238r] (480/1278)

CHATRUT— Lat. 30° 37' N.; Long. 56° 53' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Zarand district of the province of Kirman, situated
amongst the spurs of Kuh Magat on the road from Kirman to Yazd
This is one of the villages of the Zarand district that has recently begun
to raise opium on loans advanced by Yazd merchants.— (Stack.)
CHAU (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Ears, above the Kam Firuz plain, to the right of the road
Bakian-Asupas, on the Gair range ; the height of this part of the range is
about 8,200 feet.— (Durand.)
CHAVAR— Lat. Long. Elev. 3,550'.
A valley in Kirmanshah, south of the Ivan valley and west of the Manisht
Kuh. It is a fertile valley, well-watered by numerous springs and streams.
The lower portion of it is highly cultivated, crops being also grown in many
places along the broad, dry beds of the streams which drain it. The
remainder is covered with forest trees, chiefly oak, many of which attain
a considerable size. There is good grazing. The extent of the valley
is considerable, but it branches off into smaller valleys, so that it is
difficult to give its dimensions. It is about 7 miles in extent from
north-east to south-west; a branch runs east to the foot of the Manisht
Kuh for about 5 miles, and another runs north-west along the fort of the
foot of the Kuh Zavil, covered with forests and studded with white hillocks,
for some miles, ascending steeply the whole way. The drainage finds
its way out of the valley to the south by a gap in the hills through which
a road is said to run to Mandali. The place is under the Vali of Pusht-
i-Kuh who resides at Deh Bala, and the inhabitants are Lurs. They are
said to be much addicted to thieving, but are kept in order by the Vali.
Roads run from here to Deh Bala, distant 9 miles, and to Sar-i-Pul, distant
68 miles.—-( Vaughan.)
CHAWAURI—
A tribe of the Tihran group of Luristan^.v.).
CHAVUSHKI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 8 miles west by north of Khur-
muj town and on the west side of the Khurmuj valley. It contains 50
houses of Ruuseh.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAVAUSIR, vide KALEH-I-CHIGHA SURKH.
CHAZAVIL—
A small stream in Laristan, which is crossed by the Lar-Bushire road
about 2 miles east of Art. At this point its channel, which flows west-
south-west, has a breadth of from 30 to 40 feet, with shelving banks and
a stream of water about 10 feet wide and a few inches deeip.—(Butcher,
April 1888.)
CHEHAR BAGH— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,700'.
A place on the eastern borders of Ears, about 63 miles north of Bishneh,
and a few miles north-west of Abu Bakr in Kirman. It contains a
ruined fort, a few huts and gardens, and there is some cultivation.
It is occupied during the hot weather by the inhabitants of Robat, but has