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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎463r] (930/982)

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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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TAR—TAR
915
TARABAD (2)— Lat. 29° 28' N. Long. 55° 29' E.
A village in Kirman, lying on the east edge of the great kavir, about 12
miles from Saidabad, on the road to Shiraz. -i v r i
It consists of a few tumble-down houses, surrounded by a few poplar
trees, and watered by a qandt of fairly good water.—(Dotas, Apnl 190,..)
TARAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A name of the Taliyur branch of the Tab river of Khuzistan.
TARAZ— Lat. Long. Elev. 4,150'.
A halting-place in the Bakhtiari country, at 98 miles from Dizfhl, on tne
road to Kaleh Bazuft via Duma Khail, near some springs. No supplies ;
and water scarce (May). Fuel plentiful. {McSwmey, 1891.)
TARIF—
A division of the Bait Sa’d tribe (q. v. ).
TARKHAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in the Pish Kuh of Luristan, south-west of the Pasun valley and
about 65 miles west of Khurramabad on the road to Deh Bala. The
path is stony and narrow; a spring below the pass with much grass and
many willow trees. The pass emerges into a plain of the same name,
in which are some Lur camps, cultivation and water. Continuing south
west across the plain the ruined fort of Tarkhan is met at 3 miles beyond
‘ the pass. When visited there was a camp of some 50 Lur tents near it.—
{Burton, September 1897.)
TARKHAN Fort— Lat. 33° 38' N. Long. 47° 27' E. Elev. 3,500'.
A fort, now unoccupied and falling to ruin, standing towards the south
east end of the Tarkhan valley of Luristan near the foot of the southern
boundary range of the valley. Near by is the Tarkhan camp of oO tents
of Amarai Lurs. The plain round is well cultivated and contains _ good
grass. Water is plentiful from kdriz streams. The road to Pusht-i-Kuh
runs between the fort and camp to the Slab pass 5 miles to die west. The
mountains and valley are devoid of tres.- {B.)
TARKHAN VALLEY—
Lies between two bare and rocky parallel ranges of the Pish Kuh of Lur
istan whose general direction is from north-west to south-east. The valley
is 5 miles in breadth and 15 (?) miles long. The Amarai Lurs pitch here
a number of scattered camps in summer : in winter the chief, Qasim Khan,,
camps at the base of the mountain opposite to and north of the Slab pass,
through which the drainage of the valley flows to the Saimaireh stream.
The south east end is well cultivated and contains abundant water f> cm
springs : a large stream also enters from the Pasun valley through the Tar
khan pass, between which and the Slab pass runs the road from the Khur
ramabad to Pusht-i-Kuh.— (Burton.)
TARSEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Muguvi Bakhtiari country on the track between M asir
and Kaleh Huma, and 5 miles from the former.—(lawyer, 1890.)
5 Z 2

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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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