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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [232v] (469/1278)
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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226 CHA-CHA
and is payable to the Governor of Bastak. The Shaikh of Charak and
its dependencies, viz. :—Tavuneh, and part of the village of Ruvaninthe
district of Lingeh, is Salih-bin-Muhammad Salih, a childless man who has
associated a nephew with him in his government : he is noted for his greed,
and his control over his subjects is insecure. The Imperial Persian
Customs have a post at Charak.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHARAK (2)—Lat. 28° 35' N. ; Long. 51° 17' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 10 miles west-south-west of
Khurmuj town on the western side of the Khurmuj valley. It contains
40 houses of Ruuseh.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHARASIAB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the left bank of the Marun river in the Hindian valley, passed
on the road from Behbehan to Gargari. It contains 100 inhabitants—
Lurs—whose occupation is riverside cultivation of linseed and rice,
Resources 30 cows.— {Lorimer.)
CHiRBARKEH— 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.—(Pe%.)
CHAR BURJ— Lat. 22° 38' N. ; Long. 50° 44' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Haiat Baud 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 Governor
of Bushire which bears the same name. The latter is situated just outside
Bushire town.— {
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
CHAHAR DAWAR (1)—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
southern side of the valley. The inhabitants are a tribe of Kizil Kurds,
incorporated into the extensive tribe, Fail!. 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.)
CHAHAR DAWAR (2)—Elev. 3,450'.
A village on the road from Kirmanshah to Deh Bala, 25 miles north-east
of Deh Bala. 75 people. Belongs to Tulabi tribe. Katkhudd — Habib.
Fuel scarce, but obtainable from the north-east slopes of the hills to the
north. Water in small quantities from a spring.— {Ranking, 1909.)
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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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