'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [310v] (625/706)
The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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TAN—TAP
TANG-I-TtfREH—
A defile on the Burujird-Qum road, about 31 milea from the former;
it is at first 1,000 yards wide, narrowing to 300, bordered on either side
by barren precipitous hills; that to the north is called the Kuh-i-Qazak,
that to the south the Kfih-i-Sagvar ; they rise 300 or 400 feet over the
valley.
The Kirmanshah main route and telegraph line join the Sultanabad-
Burujird road at entrance of the defiles. The Turoh stream flows under
the Kuh-i-Sagvar.
The defile is 2 miles long and ends at the village of Tureh.— {Bell,
1881.)
TANG-I-YAGHMISH—
A pass, 961 miles from Isfahan; the top of the pass is the frontier line
between the Isfahan and Yazd provinces.— (Preece, 1892.)
TANG-ROZIA—
A gorge in the Elburz mountains, in which is the celebrated Chashmeh
Roz T a (q. «.). The path along this gorge is bad and in parts dangerous.
It is situated about half-way between Salah and Chashmeh.— {Lovett .)
TANGUBAT—
A halting-place in Azarbaljan, on the Tabrlz-Aslanduz road, 96 miles
from the former.—(Moner.)
TANIDAR—
A village in lower Silakhur, 29| miles from Burujird on the road thence
to Isfahan.— {Schindler.)
TANJUR—
A village in upper Silakhur, 5 miles south of Burujird.— {Schindler.)
TAPAGULA—
A village situated on the southern side of the west spur of the Milamihun
mountain, about 6 | miles east of Gavarra : the valley in which it lies is well
watered and cultivated, and runs down -to the road from Gavarra to Haruna-
bad. There are 50 houses of Guran Kurds : some gardens, and fine trees
round the village : it is the property of a Ya :ar of the Guran regiment. Wood
abundant from adjacent hilL— {Burton.)
TAPPER—
A village of fifteen houses in Azarbaijan a few miles south-east of Ajak-
sherh (’Ajabshahr ?) on the road to Binab.— {Napier.)
TAPPEH BASH!—
A village in north-western Azarbaijan, 6 miles from Khdl on theKizil-
Dizeh road, south of the road.— {Picot, 1894.)
TAPPEH ISM’AIL (1)—
A village in Kirmanshah north-west of Kirmanshah city, and about 2
miles from the right bank of the Kara Su river. It contains about 30
houses, part of which are in a large mud fort with four corner towers.
Inhabitants Zanganeh Kurds. Water from wells; no trees; some crops
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The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).
The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.
The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, 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.
A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).
Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.
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- 1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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