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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎457v] (919/982)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (487 folios). It was created in 1910. 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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904
TAN—TAN
TANG-I-NARAK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A laital in the Shulistan district of Ears, on the road from Behbehan to
Shiraz, some 22 miles east of Du Gumhazan. The pass runs between high
lime-stone mountains and is unrideable for 3 miles. It is impracticable for
guns, which would have to go round by a mountain to the north.— (Pell—
McGowan, 1895 — Hopkins — 1903)-
TANG-I-NASHALlL—NASHALIL (TANG-I-).
TANG-I-NAU— Lat. Long. Elev.
The name of a narrow portion of the valley traversed between Chehar
Birkeh and Lar by the Bandar Abbas- Lar road. It is a “ tang ” only in
name, the valley being about a mile broad at this spot. It passes between
the Gach range on the north and the Buraq range on the south.— (Felly —
Butcher, 1888—Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
TANG-I-NIAZ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Luristan on the Kirmanshah-Kut-ul-’Amarah road. The
Chambeh valley is north of it and the Hashdaneh valley, or rather plains, is to
the south of it. It is less than one mile in length, the greater part of the
road being down a water-course between high banks, with a small stream in
the centre. At its southern end it passes through a chain of hills, which are
low at this point, by a narrow gap with rocks on either side. Roads from
Kut*.il ’Amarah and Mandali join in the water-course about \ mite south
west of it. It is turnable east by a road from Kut-ul-’Amarah to Deh
Bala via Chashmeh Marbara, and distant about 7 miles ; and west by roads
from Mandali to Deh Bala, the exact position of which is unknown. Eleva
tion about 3,000 feet.—(E.)
TANG-I-PANAVUR— Lat. Long. Elev. 3,570'.
A pass on the Dizful-Khurramabad road in Luristan, 100 miles from the
former. Thermometer 70°, 14th April. Ascent at first from Valmian side
is extremely difficult owing to huge boulders to be climbed. Grassy un
dulations abound ; a plentiful stream flows down the pass. Top of pass,
4,050'.— (Bell.)
TANG-I-RAM— Lat. 29° 10' 30"; Long. 52° 36'. Elev.
A village in Ears, about 16 miles from Nanizak, between it and Husain-
abad, on the road from Bushire to Shiraz via Jixeh.— (St. John — Felly.)
TANG-I-RAStiL— Lat. Long. Elev. 100'.
A low pass, 3 miles south-east of Kuristan, through which the stream of
Rudkhaneh-i-Rasul flows into the Kuristan plain. A track passes through
the pass along the south side of the stream. A birkeh was seen near the
stream south-south-east of Kuristan, but it is not known whether it
contained water.—( Wilson and Cruickshank, 1907.)
TANG-I-RIKAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
^ A gorge in the Dina range in Ears, near the village of Khaur.— (Durand.)

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The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 488.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 481-486).

Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (487 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 489; 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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