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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [244v] (493/1278)
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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CHI—CH!
CHINAR BARDAGHUL-Lat. Long. Elev. {
A halting-place in Luristan, 37| miles from Khurramabad on the road
to Deh Bala, and llj miles west of the Kashghan river. Abundant water,
wood, and forage ; no supplies. Camp room on adjacent spurs.— (Burton,
September 1897.)
CHINAREH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of Lurislan, about 30 odd miles west of Khurramabad, crossed
on the road to Deh Bala by the Abtaf pass.— (Burton, 1897.)
CHINAR RAHDAR (CHINARADA)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in Ears, 8 miles west of Shiraz on the road to Bushire
— (Stack.)
CHING KAUNTAR— Lat. 28° 52' 20" ; Long. 51° 10' 6 "; Elev. 467'.
The most northern point of the Kuh-i-Mand range in the Tangistan
district of Ears.— (Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
CHINGUYl CHINGUl or CHINGHNi— Lat. Long. Elev. 4,550'.
A halting-place in Luristan, 3 miles from Khurramabad, on the road
to Dizful.— (Rivadeneyra.)
CHIRAG— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,000'.
A hamlet prettily situated in the Bakhtiari country on the Ab-i-Sabz
Kuh. It overlooks a bright, well-cultivated valley studded with hand
some mulberry and walnut-trees.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
CHIRAGH BAGH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A garden on the outskirts of Shiraz, towards Bushire.— (Trotter.)
CHIRHAN (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 9 miles from beyond Kamarij, on the road to Bushire.
It is built round a tower, and possesses considerable flocks and herds. Is
situated on the left bank of the Shapur or Khisht river.— (Trotter.)
CHIRMIN or CHIRMlL or CHIRNISl or CHIRMINl— Lat. 32° 24' N.;
Long. 51° 18' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Chehar Mahal, 4 miles south of the Zindeh Rud,
42 miles south-west of Isfahan, on the Isfahan-Shushtar road. This is
identical with Chamini (q.v .).— (Schindler.)
CHIRNlSI —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the left of the Isfahan-Shushtar road between Bagh-i-Vashi
and Qehfarukh. This is identical with Chirminl and Chirmin (q.v.) —
(Schindler.)
CHlRtj —Lat. 26° 43' N. ; Long. 53° 46' E. ; Elev.
One of the Shlbkuh ports of the Persian coast ; it is situated about 43
miles south-east of Shiyu and 34 miles west of Charak. Chlru has a fort
and a large date-grove, and,lies facing the east in a small bay, formed by
a low, sandy projection running southwards from the main line of the
Persian coast ; the village is a mile north of the point of the promontory.
The bay is easy of access and forms a capital anchorage in a shimdl, but
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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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