'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [66v] (137/652)
The record is made up of 1 volume (322 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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CHA-CHA
124
CHAH-I-KHURGAZ—
Two wells of sweet water on the ’Aliabad-Neh road, Khorasan, about 2
farsakhs from the former. The hauz marked on the map a little further
on is not in repair.
CHAH -I -KUDU—
The name of a perennial well a few miles to the east-south-east of Gaz-
zaq, on the direct route Gazzaq to Bampur. The distance between the
two latter by the direct route is said to be 45 miles. No other perennial
water is said to exist on this route, and going is said to> be through heavy
sand. Chah-i-Kudu is at the foot of the Maksan Kuh and is on the
Bazman-Bampur route travelled by Pottinger in places.— [Jennings,
1885.)
CHAH -I -KURBAN—
The name of a well at mile 37, on the route from Bampur to Khanh>
10 miles from Chah-i-Gajjar.— [Jennings, 1885.)
CH AH -I -MALIK—E lev . 2,296'.
The name of a halting-place at mile 147, on the route from Bampur to
Rigan, in the bed of the Kunarnai river, 20^ miles from Gehgan and
2f miles to the left bank of the Kunarnai river. Grass [dubh) grazing,
and wood abundant. Brackish water is obtainable from 4 to 7 feet from
the surface. Several islands in the river-bed are above flood level.—
[Jennings, 1885.)
CH AH -I -M ARKHUN—
A perennial well, 1| miles to the right of the road, at mile 97, between
the sixth and seventh stages, Jamuli jungle and Halil river, on the route
from Rigan to Minab, near a tall and conspicuous kahur tree.— [Jennings,
1885.)
CHAH-I-MASS ARU—
A well in Sarhad, 23 miles west of Ladis on the road from there to
Galugan.
It generally holds sweet water, but was dry when Wood passed it in
the month of December. Good grazing and some fuel can be had in the
vicinity.— (Wood, 1899.)
CHAH-I-MIR—
A halting-place in the Bampur district, 10 ^ miles west of Maskhutan,
on the road to Ramishk. There are a few wells; of suspicious water, scanty
fuel, and no supplies.— [Brazier -Creagh, 1893, from native information.)
CHAH-I-MIR DUST—
The name of a halting-place at mile 33f, on the route from Bampur to
Rigan, with a perennial well in the bed of the broad Chand torrent. This
well was silted up when seen, owing to late floods, but it was being repaired
by Dokalis (the name of the people in these parts who make and repair
wells).— [Jennings, 1885.)
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The item is Volume IV of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).
The volume comprises that portion of Persia south and east of the Bandar Abbas-Kirman-Birjand to Gazik line, with the exception of Sistan, 'which is dealt with in the Military Report on Persian Sistan'. It also includes the islands of Qishm, Hormuz, Hanjam, Larak etc. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the whole district of Shamil.
The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.
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 contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 323.
The volume also contains a glossary (folios 313-321).
Prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.
Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; 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 also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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