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CHASM A. SHffRAB— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A sprino 1 of brackish water, 36 miles north-east of Ahvvaz, on the road to
Sabzawav (Afghanistan).— (S/ewart.)
CHAT-I-ATRAK*— Lat. 37° 53' O' 7 , Long. 55° 20' 0" ; Elev.
(Napier).
A Russian station on the Atrak river at the point of its junction with the
river Sumbar. There is a ford here and an entrenchment. The breadth of
the river here is about 35 feet when at flood, and is only then fordable at one
point about a quarter of a mile below Chat. The water of the Atrak is
brackish, but not so much so as that of the Sumbar. The Russian troops
stationed here in 1880 had orders to procure water for cooking and drink
ing purposes from the Atrak above its junction with the Sumbar. The only
fuel obtainable is the bush known as salcsal, which grows in considerable quan
tities alonq the water margin and in the ravine into which both rivers
run; but this was all consumed by the Russian troops, who were obliged
afterwards to use naptha refuse (astatki) for cookino' purposes —
(O’Donovan.)
CHEDtJ —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A hamlet in the Kakhk buluk of the district of Tabbas in Khurasan
in a gully just below the Gudar-i-Kamili.— (Bellew.)
CHELTI-ULUN—Lat. 37 u 22' 0", Long. 54° 48' 0" ; Elev.
A ford over the Atrak river, 50 miles south-east of Chi \ dsh \ ia , r .— (Intelligence
Department, War Office.)
CHIHAL GUZRf— Lat. 37° 48' 0", Long. 56 u 27 0"; Elev.
A ford over the Atrak (here called the Ganna Khan) on a road from Astar-
abad to the Atak oy Nadiri and Chanda Abbas.— (Napier.)
CHIHAL SAR —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The seventh stage on the Mashhad-Herat road via Khaf, 188 miles from the
former place .—(Ohridie )
CHILAGAI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, 13 miles from Mashhad, and I mile south of the
road thence to Sarakhs. It contains oO houses of A lash had is.— (MacGregor.)
CHILAIvI —Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
The fourth station on the road from Mashhad to Sarakhs via Ak-Darband.
There is a guard of 15 horsemen stationed here.— ( Thomson.)
CHILIAN Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Northern Khurasan on the borders of the Daraghaz district to
which it belongs. The village, which is contained in a fort, is wretched
enough ; but it is charmingly situated, amidst groves of trees. Pheasants,
simiku in plumage to the English variety, but with a white patch on each
wing, abound in the vicinity.— (Stewart.)
CHILING— Lat. 30° 52' O', Long. 61° 25' O'; Elev. ' ( Walker ).
A \axgQ village in Persian Sistan, 6 miles from Sekoha, on the road to
Nasuabad. . It contains some o50 houses, with a square fort and one round
towei tapeiing to the top in the middle, which forms a capital landmark.
It is situated on the banks of the principal canal, which draws off the waters
of the river Helmand for irrigating purposes, and which is at this point
some 30 feet wide and 6 feet deep, with a current of about one mile an hour,
supplying the whole of the surrounding district with water. It terminates
at Kuh-i-Khajah into a small lake.— fflozario , Goldsmid , Euan - Smilh .)
* The “ Junction of the Atrai. ”
f The “ Forty Fords.”