"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎٣‎١‎٠] (٧٠٦/٦٢٤)

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TANG-I-SHAPtR—
A gorge a few miles east of Fulad-malialleli.— {Lovett.)
TAN G-I-SHISHR AH—
A pass over the Sambala range, KirmansKah, traversed by the Dizful"
Zuhab road near Gilan.— {Rauiinson.)
TANG-I-SHURAB—
A gorge in Mazandaran, on the north of the valley of Sar-i-Tang (q. v.).—
{Lovett.)
TANG-I-SHUVAN—Elev. 5,350'.
Two villages situated on the Zabarl plain, Kirmanshah, at the south
west entrance to the pass of Tang-i-Shuvan. The road from Harunabad
to Kirmanshah passes between the villages, which stand about \ mile
apart. Below is a small area of walled vineyards fringed with poplars,
and some orchards. A fair stream issues from the pass and there are
also a number of springs. The plain is cultivated and contains good grazing :
many thousands of goats and sheep pasturing on it in summer. The
mountain range of Kurkur, which bounds the plain immediately behind
Tang-i-Shuvan, contains much oak scrub, the remnants of former forests.
The village to the south of the road is the property of the Vakil-ud-Dauleh,
Haji ’Abdur Bahim of Kirmanshah, and contains 50 houses; that to the
north, of 40 houses, is partly owned by him. The inhabitants are Kalhur
Kurds, they own large numbers of sheep and goats and some herds of cattle,
also a fair area of cultivated land.— {Burton.)
TANG-I-SHUVAN (pass of)—Elev. 5,550'.
Immediately to the north-east of the Villages of Tang-i-Shuvan an out
lying parallel spur of the Kurkur range, which here bounds the Zabari
plain, is pierced by a narrow gorge; the road from Harunabad to Kirman-
shah passes through it at 12f miles from the former place. The bed of
the pass is 50 yards wide and through it flows the stream, draining the
valley to the north-east. The stony hills rise steeply to either hand to points
| mile apart and 500 feet above the stream. The road through the pass
is good : the gradient easy and the length traversed 300 yards. In the valley
beyond the north-east exit is room for camping; wood, water and good
grazing : a footpath to the Mahidasht plain crosses the Kurkur main ridge ;
to the south-east runs the pass practicable for laden animals, which crosses
the same ridge at the Mil path to the Mahidasht plain. The Tang-i-Shuvan
path cannot be turned in the immediate vicinity, but the Kurkur range
is crossed a few miles to the north and south by various passes practicable
for laden animals, notably the Aliwar, 4 miles south-east, which is the
road by which the Persian artillery marches to the main road (Kirmanshah-
Baghdad) at Harunabad.— {Burton.)
TANG-I-TARIK (The dark pass)—
A cleft in the Shirkuh mountain near Mahriz to the south of Yazd.—
{Stack.)