'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎369v] (743/988)

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TAN—TAN
water, both salt and sweet. The hills to the north rise to a considerable
height ; those to the south are not quite so high. At the western end of the
tang is the Bam-i-Bam Kutal where there is a serai and water from a birkeh.
— (Craufurd, 1911.)
TANG-I-BAND— Lat. Long. Elev.
The name given near Tashan to a portion of the great chain which con'
stitutes the south-east continuation of the Zagros range, between Beh"
behan and Kaleh-i-Tul. It is so called from a defile of the same name run
ning through it.— (DeBode.)
TAN G-I-B ASTAK—
A defile in Laristan, traversed on the road from Hormuz to Bastak. It
commences 11 miles from Bastak and is about three miles long. The road
winds up a stony ravine and is impassable for guns and wheeled trans
port.—( Cranfurd.)
TANG-I-B AYASH— Lat. Long. $)lev.
A pass in Firs, on the road from Firuzabad to Bushire. It is a difficult
pass, the road being, for a considerable distance, up the bed of a ravine.
It is however practicable for guns. It can be turned by going from Ahram
by Haft Mulla to Kalimeh.— {Jones.)
TANG-I-BULAGHI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A defile in Ears traversed on the road from Fasa to Darab, just before
reaching Hirakuh, and about 37 miles from Fasa. The hills here close
in very rapidly.— {Prcece, 1884.)
TAN G-I-B ULAKAI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A gorge in Fars, 9^ miles south of Mashhad-i-Murghab, through which
the river Pulvar flows. The gorge is nearly filled by the river. One mile
within the pass, from the north end, is a path hewn in the rock of the
right bank, known as the sangbur, which is used in times of flood. At
other times the road through the gorge lies along the bed or banks of the
river. The gorge twice opens out into valleys and twice contracts until it
holds the river and the road.— [Newcomen, 1905.)
TAN G-I-BURAQ —Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of a pass, elevation 6,400 feet, in Fars, between Asupas and Kuh-
i-Dina, through which the Kur flows. It is a narrow cleft, with high
perpendicular cliffs on each side, about 150 yards broad, said to have
been made by a blow from the sword of ■’ Ali, whereby a lake above was
liberated.— (Durand.)
TANG-I-CHAKABAK —Lat. Long. Elev. 100'.
A low pass about 2 miles long and 1 mile broad, 70 feet above the level
of ( hustaneh ; through it the road from Bandar Abbas to Lar pierces the
Gachi range, the space between the hills on either side is filled by low
clayey hillocks, through which the road winds. The pass is ascended by
a £* ac * s ^k e slope, which would require ramping for artillery, but which
ofteis no difficulty to infantry, cavalry or pack transport.— (Wilson and
Cruickshank, 1907.)