'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎461r] (926/982)

TANG-I-THlR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A defile in Fars between Basbt and Kaleb Safid on the Shiraz-Hindian
road. —(Petty.)
TANG-I-TULl-KASH (The“ Tedious Pass”)—Lat. Long. Elev.'
A pass through the hills, leading from the road along the bank of the Kash-
gan river, beyond Pul-i-Dukhtar, to Madian Hud, Luristan. (DeBode.)
TANG-I-TURKAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A defile in Pars, on the road between Kamarij and Kazarun, 85 miles west-
south-west of Shiraz. It commences 5 miles from Kamarij. The ordinary
road descends the defile in the bed of a torrent, and for the distance of 3
miles is stony and narrow, and quite impracticable for guns or wheeled car
riage. Rocky and precipitous heights command the road throughout
rising abruptly on both sides and continuing so till the road debouches into
the plain of Kamarij ; but this road seems never to be taken by beasts of
burden. There is another road over the mountains of Kuh-i-Mahas, direct
to Kazarun, which is said to be practicable for horses though steep in some
places. The mountains here are more accessible, and therefore offer less
impediment to a force occupying the right and left of the pass ; and the
road down the ravine could easily be made practicable for artillery. It
was near there that Captain Napier’s caravan was attacked and plundered
by Mamassani robbers in 1874.— (Ouseley Monteith ■ Curzon.)
TANG-I-VAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A gorge in the Kuh-i-Van in Khuzistan, near Dizful, in which are some
ruins called the Kaleh-i-Qasim. (Schindlei.)
TANG-I-ZAGH— Lat. Long. Elev. about 3,800'.
A pass in the north-east corner of Laristan, near the borders of Ears and
Kirman, through which runs the main caravan track from Bandar ’Abbas
to Yazd, about 86 miles from the former place.
It is a much frequented pass, and thus described by Galindo, who traversed
it in November 1888, entering it from the north or Sa’adatabad side
“At 9f miles (from Sa’adatabad) the track descends into the bed of the
stream, which is here very narrow and difficult, among slippery boulders and
masses of rock. This is the commencement of the Tang-i-Zagh, The Raven s
Defile. ” It is of course utterly impassable for anything on wheels, is
difficult and bad even for pack animals, and serious operations would have
to be undertaken to make even a decent path of it. __ _
Having passed this narrow portion, the track continues in the river-bed,
but encounters no other serious obstacles for some distance. The stream
is generally enclosed between perpendicular walls of conglomerate rock,
some 200 to 300 feet|high. The general appearance of the scene reminded
me somewhat of some of the narrowest portions of the Bolan pass.
At 11 miles a narrow rift opens in the bank to right, down which comes
a branch water-course, and the track turns up this. The left branch looks
tempting, as a bit of open ground is visible beyond, but it leads into utterly
impassable difficulties, as I found on exploring it, and had to retrace my