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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [367v] (739/988)
The record is made up of 1 volume (490 folios). It was created in 1918. 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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of the stieam for about 1 mile to the remains of a stone bridge, a short
distance beyond which the roads lead Tip the side of the valley over slippery
rock, which has therefore in one part been cut into steps. The road from
-Firuzabad to Shiraz branches off from this defile.— (X. Abbott^)
TANGABAD— Lat. 28° 57' N. ; Long. 54° 13' E. ; Elev.
A small village in Ears on the road between Fasa and Darab, about 2
miles from Kaleh Kara Bulagh, at the entrance of the Tang-i-Bulaghi,
1 mile before reaching Dirakuh.— (Preece, 1884.)
TANGAK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small fort and village in Pars near the ©dge of the Mashileh swamp,
Bushire. From this point the edge of the swamp runs to southward
behind Hulaileh bay.— {Constable—Stiff —
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot.)
TANGALA MOUNTAIN—
Two ridges, apparently parallel to one another, and running along, and
above, the right hank of the Madian river where it exits from the Kiasht
plain below the ridge of Madian Bud. The north-west ends appear precipi
tous : the mountains are grassy and covered w r ith oak forests.— (B)
TANGAN— Lat. 30° 23' N. ; Long. 53° 32' E.; Elev.
A village in Pars, on the road from Surian to Simakan, which is on the
read from Bavanat to Deh Bid ; if is watered by a stream of the same
name possessing a plentiful supply of water. Population: 50 families.
Castar oil plants exist.— {Blackman.)
TANGAWAN KUH-I—Lat. Long. Elev.
A range of mountrins in Luristan on the Dizful-Khurramabad road.—
{Rawlinson.)
TANG CHAL —Lat. Long. Elev.
The name of the hills forming the eastern boundary of the Qatru valley
to south-east of Shiraz in Pars.— {Lovett.)
TANG CHAVIL (?)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A small and rich valley in Pars in the mountains of Mangasht, north of
Behbehan.— {Bayard.)
TANG-I-ABDAN —Lat. Long. Elev. 4,320'.
A defile of the eastern borders of Pars, 9 miles north-east of Furg. It is
about 3£ miles long. Entering from the south, there is first a zigzag path
for £ of a mile ; then a shelf of rock with a torrent 200 feet below on the
left and a high mountain on the right. It is passable with care for pack
animals. Stack describes this part as <c a tumbled mass of rocks between
cliffs 300 to 400 feet. Along the side of the cliffs can be traced the remains
of a road 40 feet above the stream.” One mile into the pass is Chashmeh
'All {q.v.). From here the ascent is so steep that animals have to be unloaded
and the loads sent up by hand. It is a natural staircase rising 150 feet
to a ledge on the top of a cliff. The ledge is only 5 feet wide and lies
between a cliff on the left (from Furg) and an immense precipice on the
right. Leaving the ledge the pass runs up a nald and winds round a
gravelly mountain to the summit on a ridge, 400 yards wide, which is
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The item is Volume III, Part II: L to Z of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (Provisional Edition, 1917, reprinted 1918).
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 towns, villages, districts, provinces, tribes, forts, dams, shrines, coastal features, islands, rivers, streams, lakes, mountains, passes, and camping grounds. Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, administration, water supply, communications, caravanserais, trade, produce, and agriculture.
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 includes an Index Map of Gazetteer and Routes in Persia (folio 491), showing the whole of Persia, with portions of adjacent countries, and indicating the extents of coverage of each volume of the Gazetteer and Routes of Persia , administrative regions and boundaries, hydrology, and major cities and towns.
The volume includes a glossary (folios 423-435); and corrections (Index to the sub-tribes referred to in the Gazetteer of Persia, Volume III, folios 436-488).
Printed by Superintendent Government Printing, India, Calcutta 1918.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 492; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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