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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎459v] (923/982)

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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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908
TAN—TAN
aS A d0 ? S *? ™ ^ most general name appears
to be that of Kuh-.-Mund, derived from the Mund river on which its southern
xhemity abuts, but it is also called Kuh-i-Kar. The most northern point
of Kuhn-Mund, called Ching Kauntar, is only 467 feet high, but at the middle
of !ts length behind the coast line village of Bu’l-Khair the range attains
a height of 2,682 feet and is here called Bu Raiyal. It is croS
oitwo places by passes leading from the coast to the Tangistan and Khur-
mu] valley. Where the district is flat the surface is generally an alluvial
clay, often covered with good natural grazing, and sometimes cultivated
wdh cereals. Travelling is rendered difficult by mud in wet
weather. The water of the Ahram stream is almost undrinkable, and the
district water-supply depends everywhere upon wells. The climate and
seasons of Tangistan resemble those of Dashti. The Tang'stan coast posses
ses no remarkable features : off the coast the tidal stream is so weak as to
be often imperceptible. ♦ « aa uu
lonr^r-m ? 6 P0p ! ll£ ‘: ti ? n o£ Tan gi st5 n may be roughly estimated at
10,000 souls. The people belong to various tribes of which little is known.
Among these are the Oarhiru, Darshamal, Jamali, Khazaru, Kutu, and
thTiSad, 0/8 ar<! f “T'k ”r ti0ned in the W^gate as Tangistanis:
the inhabitants of Samal and A bad are said to be immigrants, of ancient
lines, called Zanganeh, from the mtenor of Persia, and those of Tall Siah are
sora L°tl be p shayan f fr0m A J am - In religion they are Shi’ahs and they
speak the Persian tongue. Notwithstanding their proximity to Bushire
town, ,hey live in a rude and uncivilized state ; blood feuds flourish among
them and .heir name continues to be, in Bushire town, a synonym for law
ssness brutality and ignorance. The houses in the villages are mostly
huts of daie-leaves plastered with mud, but some are built of stone 7
edlillTv Wil yf''T 1 } 16 diStriCt “ “ tirely agricultural and is' reckon-
ed highly ferti! 6 . The chief crops are wheat, barley and dates, to which
ay be added water-melons and cucumbers. No accurate estimate has
tra de £ °, r X d ° f ^ the distriot - There is no internal or external
fmm rt Vll We T k ° n 5 Sma ' m Catain export of dates and of ether fruits
, , L ulls such as pomegranates, grapes, lemons, oranges and citrons,
and a more regular export cf jocally manufactured gach. The currency con-
dfetriot isaHSsh- erSlan /£ ™”’ and the <mit of weight throughout the
district is a Hashim man which is equal to 17 or 18 Tabriz mans of Bushire
andiis consequently somewhat heavier than the Hashim man of Bushire
Communications and transport. The only routes traversing the district
hZrnZe foBa'd” ■ A A l!r m t0 ” and Fasa a " d ^ coast-route
is Of course
^"obrSStS' NOC “ 0nhaa been^ made of the
Admmistration. Tangistan belongs properly to the Government of Fars
Po £ andT nT? < 19 6 5) t0 be heId “ fa ™ by Governor of VZi
the * ^ rlT h S‘" n ' h “ apparently sublet it to the local Khan who is
Fo?40 SasTke" 6 , T ^ ^ “ Sai ? ‘ 0 be 8 - 50 °
iamiiv hvl wT yeais d,t least the ordinary residence of the ruling i
i miiy h-s Ven ai, Ahram, butrt was originally at a village called Tangistan,

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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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