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CHA-CHA
CHARASlAB —Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the left bank of the Martin river in the Hindian valley, passed
on the road from Behbehan to Gargari. It contains 100 inhabitants—
Lura—whose occupation is riverside cultivation of linseed and rice,
Resources 30 cows.— {Lorimer.)
CHARBARKEH —Lat. Long. Elev. - .
A stage in Ears, the second on the road from Lar to Bandar ’Abbas, 21
miles from the former place. This route is followed by caravans.— (Pelly.)
CHAR BURJ— Lat. 22° 38' N. Long. 50° 44' E. Elev.
A village in the Haiat Daud District of Ears, 12 miles east by north
of Kanaveh. It contains 30 houses inhabited by Lurs from Behbehan, who
own 40 donkeys and 500 sheep, besides a few horses. Grain is cultivated
here. This village must not be confused with the residence of the Gov
ernor of Bhshire which bears the same name. The latter is situated just
outside Bushire town—(Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHARDUVAR —Lat. Long. Elev, 3,150'.
A valley in the Pusht-i-Kuh District of Luristan, stretching north
west and south-east for 12 miles, with a breadth of 5 miles on the south
side of the Vardalan range, distant about 65 miles from Kirmanshah.
The Ab-i-Chanareh, after emerging from the Tang-i-Salim, skirts the
Bouthern side of the valley. The inhabitants are a tribe of Kizil Kurds,
incorporated into the extensive tribe, Faili. The village of Charduvar
consists of some 50 mud huts on the Chanareh river, with a small
orchard, and an irrigated fringe of maize and rice about £ mile wide, near
the river. The valley between the Vardalan and the river, was, when
visited, bare and burnt up, and devoid of streams. Large numbers
of sheep, cattle and goats, grazed on what they could pick up. The
villagers, who seemed peaceably disposed, had left their huts and lived in
booths of branches close by.—(Maunsell, August 1888.)
CHARI —Lat. Long. Elev, 7,450'.
A camping-ground in the Bakhtiari mountains at a crossing of the Dhab
stream near its source. The ascent of the main Chari Pass commences
a few yards off.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
CHARI, GARDAN-I— Lat. Long. Elev. 9,200'.
A pass in the Bakhtiari country, between the Gurab and Gild-Shah passes
connecting the Karun valley on the east with that of the Bazuft on the
west. The track leaves the Karun by the lateral Duab valley, while the
descent on the western side leads directlv to Kaleh Bazuft
(Sawyer, ISSO — Arbuthnot, 1905.)
CHARKEH— Lat.
Long.
Elev. 3,050'.
A hamlet m the Bakhtiari country, situated on the right bank of the
fr ZU 7 Zon Tr K 0i amiIe above Action with the Karun river ~
(Taylor, 1890—Arbuthnot, 1905.) river.—
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