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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [240r] (484/1278)
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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CHE—CHE
Shushtar. It was mentioned by Baron deBode as the first halting-place
on the “ Jadeh-i-Atabeg ” in Khuzistan, between Malamir and Isfahan —
{deBode Report of a Journey through the Bakhtidri Country to Shushtar.)
CHEHAR DINGEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the river Shatait (q.v.).
CHEHARDIYAR, see CHARDUVAR.
CHEHARGAWEH, vide GARGAR (AB-I-).
CHEHAR GUMBAZ (KIRMAN)—
A prominent group of mountains to the west of the town of Kirman
among the great Kuhrud mnge.—(St. John.)
CHEHAR LANG— Lat. Long. Elev.
A section, or clan, of the Bakhtiari who inhabit the country from the
Chehar Mahal to Shushtar. (Ross.)
CHEHAR MAHAL— Lat. 32° 10" N.; Long. 51° E.; Elev.
See CHAHAR MAHAL.
CHEHAR MAL— Lat. 29° 22' N. ; Long. 50° 50' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Ha hit Baud district of Ears, 10 miles east of Rig, inhabited
by Behbehanls, who own 40 donkeys and 400 sheep, besides a few horses.
The houses number 30, and wheat and barley are grown here.—(Peman
Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHEHAR RAHU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hamlet in the Bastak district of Laristan, 35 miles west of Bandar
’Abbas, 4 miles south of the road from that place to Lar. It consists of 5
huts containing about 30 inhabitants, who own a few cattle and donkeys,
and has a shrine dedicated to Saiyid ’Abdul-Faiz. Water is obtained
from wells and from 2 cisterns.- (Shakespear, 1905.)
CHEHAR TAQ (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 9 miles from Nasirabad, situated in a pretty grove
of palm, pomegranate, and fig-trees. (Abbott.)
This may be indentical with the valley of the same name, situated, accord
ing to Colonel Ross, a few miles south of Farrashband.
CHEHAR TAQ (2)—Lat. 28° 27' N. ; Long. 52° 59' E. ; Elev.
A village in south east Ears on the road from Jehrum to Fasa, It lies
about 33 miles from Jehrum, and a little east of Baba Arab and south of
the road.— (Abbott — Slotherd, 1893.)
CHEHAR TAKHT—Lat. Long. Elev. 5,700'.
A pass 9 miles south of Naghan village. Just before the ascent from
the Naghan river the ground is clothed with dwarf oaks ; further on they
become "larger and closer. From the top of the pass, looking north, a very
fine view is obtained of Naghan Ardal with its villages and sprouting gram-
fields backed by the Kuh-i-Zirreh almost entirely covered with snow.
Here and there are small streams bursting through m cascades, hurrying
on to au°ment the main stream below.
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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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