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between a clifi on the left (from Furg) and an immense precipice on the
right. Leaving the ledge the pass runs up a nala and winds round a
gravelly mountain to the summit on a ridge, 400 yards wide, which is
reached 3 miles after commencing the ascent from the south side. The
descent to Kasiltera Shun is down a long gently sloping plateau. (Stac/c
Vaughan, 1887.)
TANG-I-ASHKAM-I-KALAT—Lat. Long. Elev. 1,556 .
The name of a defile in Ears between the hills which bound the south
east end of the valley of Baghan. The pass commences 9| miles from
Baghan, and is at first from 20 to 30 yards broad an ^ lts / 1 1 ^ s ’ el ^ r P er ;
pendicular or very precipitous, cliffs, rise to the height of 100 to 300 feet
About a mile further on the pass is from 50 to 200 yards wide. At 2|
miles from the mouth is the head of the pass ; the descent now narrows to
20 or 30 feet; half a mile further on, the perpendicular cliff, about 200
feet high, forming the north wall, finishes abruptly m a broken precipice ;
half a mile further the pass ends—{Butcher, 1888.)
TANG-I-ASIR— Lat. 28° 31' 30"; Long. 51° 8' 22"; Elev.
A small town on the coast of Ears, Persia, situated under the hill called
‘ The Asses ’ Ears {Bruchs.)
TANG-I-BABASH(BAVASH)-Lat. Long. Elev.
A halting-place in Ears, 24 miles south of Abrquh on the Yazd-Shiraz
road via Deh Bid. There is water from springs, but no supplies are pro
curable here.— {Jones.)
TANG-I-BACHAKI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in the Dashti district of Ears through the hills on the east side
of the Bushire-Bandar ’Abbas road between Shumbeh and Baghan Its
entrance is passed 15 miles south-south-east of Shumbeh.— (RuJcAer, 1888.)
TANG-I-BAJAK— Lat. Long. Elev.
The name given to that portion of the great chain which constitutes the
south-eastern continuation of the Zagros range between Behbehan and
Kaleh-i-Tul in Ears, where the YusufI live. It is so called from a defile of
that name running through the range.' {DeBode.)
T ANG-I - B AHfJSH— L at. Long. Elev.
A pass in Ears, leading from Ahram to Kalimeh, which commences
about 2 miles east of Ahram. The distance in a straight line from
Ahram to Kalimeh is not more than 12 miles, but the windings of he
pass make it about 17 or 18. When the Ahram river is dry, or nearly so,
i.e. from April to December, this pass is practicable for loaded mules ;
but during the winter it is rarely so. Monteith says this road might be
made passable for guns without much labour.— {St. John.)
TANG-I-BAI—Lat. Long. Elev.
A break in the Vardalan range in Northern Luristan through which the
Karkheh flows, and below which it is joined by the Chanareh, or Karmd,
river, at the south-east end of the Rudbar plain— (MawnseW, 1888.)
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