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TANK KAUR—
A stream in Persian Baluchistan east of the Bint river, which appears to
be the upper course of the Bir. Goldsmid, travelling from Bampur to Chah-
bar in February 1806, left the Bint river below Kurandab, and after
a march of 46 miles halted at a spot called Gunz {q.v.).
On the next march he followed for some miles the broad bed of the
“ Tenk ” river, remarkable for its high and steep banks. He says the bed
of the stream was finer than that of the Kair (q.v.) ; but he met the former
in the hills, where all watercourses have larger channels than in the plain,
owing to the constant changing and shifting of the latter in the sandy soil.
In the bed of the Tank is a zldrat called Shai, or Saiyid Harun {q.v.) of
great sanctity in this country.
TANK KAUR—
A watercourse in Persian Baluchistan crossed by Floyer’s route from
Kashi to Bint. The name is the Baluch form of “ Tangh ” or “ Tangi,” a
defile, and is very common. Floyer remarks that in this, part of the coun
try there are three “ Tanks ” within 20 miles of each other.
This Tank is entered at about 8 miles from Pugunzi halting-place on the
Karvan Kaur, and the track goes along it for a mile. It then ascends the
right bank; high cliffs on the opposite side. Afterwards the Tank is again
entered, but at 11 miles the road branches to the right down (up ?) the
Pulaia ndla, heading for the Sihran Kuh.
Floyer describes the Tank as having rocky sides and bottom, “ for we were
now fairly within the hills.” The bed is about 400 yards wide, and the
hills on either side 50 to 300 feet high. He does not say whether there is
water in the Tank or not. Most large ndids in this country contain some
water. v
The Tank eventually joins the Rapch river.
TANNA STREAM (Kirman)—
A perennial stream flowing to the Milan-i-Jihun Hdmun, met with near
Gazzaq, on the Bampur-Rigan road.— {Jennings.)
TAPPEH SHUR SHADEH—
A low range of hills in Sarhad, which is passed to the south of the
Ladis-Galugan road, 53 miles from Ladis.—(IFood, 1899.)
TAR —See Taru.
TARAMPOG and REND AG—
Villages about 9 miles west of Bint in Persian Baluchistan, on the Jashk
road, which about here strikes the Gari stream {q.v.) and passes between
them. All around are date and other trees, behind which are barren hills.
Umkan date-groves {q.v.) are 2 miles nearer to Bint.
Up the Gari are the villages of Daskir and Rindag, while beyond them
is Gari Darap {q.v.), 10 miles from Bint.
PARIAN KUTAL—
A kutal in Bashakard, which is crossed by the Jashk-Anguran road, 43$
miles from Jashk .—{Medley and Massy, 1893.)
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