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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎461v] (927/982)

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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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912
TAN—TAN
zf^r? bra r h - which is -
completely blocked by roc^d’b^llt t„ avo^ic^m'XaT t*’' "
Zdifi^bta m et g k b .ra„ V rL“ ^ r ° Ck3 ' ™ ^va„ce“
towering up to a height of 500 or 600 feet above thZZZTbed rZZZT
rock -
look deep in it, but when if is swollen by h^vTraTn “l h To It "*', 7 u-’
At about 14 miles the actual “ tang ” may be said to be passed The
ravine opens out to a width of 70 or 80 vaJs +h a j i r ssca - ^ iie
and insignificant ; in fact this is n^ri y tlA“nhe^ ^
are approaching the watershed. Juk beyond Ire ThfriTelT’" f
mam channel and turns to the right up a branch ravine, dry an] stony >’
Galindo noticed that m the great traffic which is carried on by this route
donkeys were almost exclusively employed.-(<Mw<fo, November 1888 )
TANG-I-ZANG © Lat. Low. Elev . 3j079 ,
ApassmLanstan over the Kuh-i-Hava range, between Bu-na and
Z ngu-Mamelay, on the road between Lar and Bushire. Entering the nass
from the south side the road for the first 3 furlongs is fairly good* but for
the remainder it is a mere track, at times scarcely traceable Half a mile
croSed h °7 d r n °-l V " 1 ? 1 nVUlet ° f g0od fresl1 water . flowing west is
crossed, and 1 mile further on a second and similar stream. At this point
e ascent becomes steep and rocky, and though not difficult continues
stony and rough to the summit. The descent down the noAer 0,3
is generally steeper, more rugged and difficult, the last third of it es !ed-
, ing very rough and almost unrideable.—(Buffer, 1888 )
TANG-I-ZANJIRAN-Lat. Long. El E v.'
A pass in Ears, about 12 miles from Firuzabad to Shiraz It is not
“ffidtcr^ryTuLtr 118 ^ ^
Elev.
TANG-I-ZARD (1)—Lat. Long.
at A Thi 0 hf e, ii 0r d ^ le ’ ln ^ rs > down which comes a stream which rises
situated between thTLls^K^ 18 a PP arentl 7
TANG-I.ZARD (2) Lat. Long. Elev . yato'.
ItlXlLrboTelSbf Z kS o r0m , Bashire ' 011 Firuzabad.
are also ParffiTnd 1133 18 tte resldence of a Khan, under whom
nnrl a i n and Ralimeh. There are some 20 good horses here 6 nonies
There isSrTmm °t ab ° Ut 200 cows > “ d 5( >0 sheep andgoats.
the rains Watr^l™! TT “h 80 ” 6 good « rMin g. espeeially after
ater here is abundant and fairly good.—(iS^Aerd, May 189$.}

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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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