Meaning or reference to the word Chagil

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aebyrn0
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Meaning or reference to the word Chagil

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I have been reading a book in which an English reference is made to a statement by Saadi of Shiraz:

'The Adept sees that same thing in a camel/as in the beautiful ones of China or Chagil.' (p. 42 Learning How to Learn by Idries Shah)

After an extensive search on the internet I am unable to find any reference (besides a person's last name) to the word Chagil.

I did come across the word in a link on this site describing it potentially as Archaic Persian, but there wasn't much there:

http://www.ismaili.net/Source/khusraw/nk3/12.html

Does anyone know what this word means or what it might refer to? I appreciate any light that anyone may be able to shed on the matter.
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