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‘Gazetteer of Persia, Part III, including Fārs, Lūristān, Arabistān, Khūzistān, Yazd, Karmānshāh, Ardalān, Kurdistān’ [96v] (197/686)
The record is made up of 1 volume (336 folios). It was created in 1885. 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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170
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CHA—CHA
CHAGUNO—Lat. Long. Elev.
An encampment of nomads, between Forg and Dibistan, on the road
from Lar to Karman. It is in the district of Fars, and situated
about 20 miles to the east of Forg.
The inhabitants are Persians, and are dwellers in tents rather than
nomads, for they have no separate summer and winter quarters, but
remain on these half-way mountain tops all the year round. They
have orchards and vineyards on the southern slopes*. {Stack.)
CHAH AhZtJL—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place between Yazd and Nam, about 192 miles from the
latter place. There is said to be an abundance of good water.
{Mac Gregor.)
CHAH ARABl—Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place on the road from Bushahr to Burazjun in Fars.
There are two wells of good water here.
CHAHAR BABKAH (FARS)—
Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place, two stages from Lar, on the caravan route to Bandar
Abbas. {Felly)
CHAHAR BANICHAH—
A small group of lliyat tribes (Fars) who periodically visit a locality
called “ Buu Rud, ” in which are found the sources of the Kara Agaeh
river.
They comprise the Korani, i.e. } Bunrui, the Zanganah, the Arda-
shlri, and the Vanda. The two former belong to the Lak tribes, and
the latter two are Lurs. The Chahar-Banichak generally join the
Kashkai. {Ross.)
A large tribe of Kughelus, subdivided into Bober Ahmed, Nuwl,
DushmanzI, and Cherumi. {Layard.)
CHAHAR BASHAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village in the Tazd district, about 20 miles north-west
of Aghda, situated at the foot of the hills some 7 miles south of the
road. {Abbott.)
CHAHAR BAZAR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A ruined village in Fars, 4 miles north of Fahliyan, amidst well
cultivated fields. {DeBode.)
CHAHAR dank—
A name given to small tunnel-like openings, or dykes, in the dam,
constructed in former years across the new river at Shustar, the present
Gargar. r
These dykes were constructed in such a manner that two-sixths of
the water flowed east, four-sixths west of the town. Hence the appel
lations Do Bank and Chahdr Bank.
CHAHAR DANK—
A name sometimes given to the Karun river at Shustar. Also
called Chahar Dangah. {Schindler — Layard)
CHAHAR DIH—Lat. Long. Elev.
Mentioned by Baron de Bode as the first halting-place on the “ Jad-
dah-i-Atabeg ” in Khuzistan between Mai Amir and Isfahan. This
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The third of four volumes comprising a Gazetteer of Persia. The volume, which is marked Confidential, covers Fārs, Lūristān [Lorestān], Arabistān, Khūzistān [Khūzestān], Yazd, Karmānshāh [Kermānshāh], Ardalān, and Kurdistān. The frontispiece states that the volume was revised and updated in April 1885 in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General’s Department in India, under the orders of Major General Sir Charles Metcalfe Macgregor, Quartermaster-General in India. Publication took place in Calcutta [Kolkata] by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, in 1885.
The following items precede the main body of the gazetteer:
- a note by Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell, Deputy Quartermaster General, Intelligence Branch, requesting inaccuracies, omissions and suggestions for the gazetteer be reported to the Deputy Quartermaster General;
- a second note, dated 26 November 1885, describing the geographical scope of the four volumes comprising the Gazetteer of Persia , and also making reference to the system of transliteration used (Hunterian) and authorities consulted;
- a preface, containing a summary of the geographical boundaries of the Gazetteer, a description of the Persian coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , an abridged account of trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1884, and a description of telegraphs in the regions described by the Gazetteer.
The gazetteer includes entries for human settlements (villages, towns and cities), geographic regions, tribes, significant geographic features (such as rivers, canals, mountains, valleys, passes), and halting places on established routes. Figures for latitude, longitude and elevation are indicated where known.
Entries for human settlements provide population figures, water sources, location relative to other landmarks, climate. Entries for larger towns and cities can also include tabulated meteorological statistics (maximum and minimum temperatures, wind direction, remarks on cloud cover and precipitation), topographical descriptions of fortifications, towers, and other significant constructions, historical summaries, agricultural, industrial and trade activities, government.
Entries for tribes indicate the size of the tribe (for example, numbers of men, or horsemen), and the places they inhabit. Entries for larger tribes give tabulated data indicating tribal subdivisions, numbers of families, encampments, summer and winter residences, and other remarks.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
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- 1 volume (336 folios)
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The gazetteer’s entries are arranged in alphabetically ascending order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 341; 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 volume has two printed pagination systems, the first of which uses Roman numerals and runs from I to XIII (ff 3-10), while the second uses Arabic numerals and runs from 1 to 653 (ff 12-338).
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