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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎218v] (441/1278)

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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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CHA-CHA
CHAH DHL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears west of Deh Kuhneh. It
contains 80 houses inhabited by a tribe who claim connection with the
Bani Tamlm of Central Arabia. They speak Arabic as well as Persian, and
were, until lately, Sunnis. Dates and cereals are grown, and a few
donkeys are owned in the village.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAH GUM GUM—
A half-way halting-place in Kirmanshah on the road between the Ivan
and Asmanabad valleys. There is a well which contains a spring; round
it are numerous heaps of stones extending for some distance and said to
be the remains of an ancient city. The ground is rocky in the vicinity
and well wooded with oak trees. The place is about 2| miles north of the
Darreh Darigh Pass.—{Vaughan.)
CHAH-I-DABIA—
Situated in Kirman a few miles west of the village of Daviran.
It consists of a circular hole with a diameter of 30 yards. Some 30 feet
below this is an oval fissure, 30 feet by 10 feet, which is inaccessible, but
stones thrown in reach water in 5 seconds, and as camels, sheep, etc., are
frequently lost and swept away, the volume must be considerable.
As the Chah-i-Daria is situated at a considerable elevation above the
plain, it would probably be possible to utilize its waters, which would
confer great benefits on the district.— {Kirmdn Political Diary, 1904.)
CHAH ISMATL—
A chayarkhaneh, 21 miles from Isfahan, on the road to Shiraz, where post
horses can be obtained.— {Howe, 1906.)
CHAH-I-GUMAR, vide CHASHMEH-I-GUMAR.
CHAH-I-KAYlR—
A caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). in Yazd, 37 miles from Yazd and about 20 miles from
Fahra] on the road from Kirman, standing near the bed of a river, with
nothing but bare stony ridges, and dry, rocky hills all round. It is large
and well built, with a well of rather brackish water, but quite solitary and
untenanted. Abbott says that Baluch robbers are frequently found on
this road.— {Stack — Abbott.)
CHAH-I-KUCH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A well in Fars, 26 miles from Darab, on the road from Shiraz via Fasa.—
(Ouseley.)
CH AH-I-MU S ALLIM—
A village of 90 houses, 25 miles north-west and by west of Lingeh.
Revenue : 300 krdns. Livestock : 4 camels, 20 donkeys, 59 cattle, 400
sheep and goats.— {Sher Jang, 1902.)
CHlH-I-SABZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A well in Kirman, in the defile of Kuh-i-Ziarat {q.v.) on the road from
Niriz fco Saiddlbad.— {Dobbs, 1902.)

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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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1 volume (635 folios)
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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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