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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [371v] (747/988)
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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991
TAN-TAN
TANG-I-DUKHTAR-I-PARI—
A rocky ndgs 111 tli 6 feliulistEin. district of Puis^ o\tr \\ 1 11 cli tlic ro 8 ,d
between Pul-i-Murd and Tang-i-Rudian rises and descends abruptly, over
very bad ground strewn with boulders. It is situated on the left bank of a
small stream 8 miles from Pul-i-Murd.— [Grahame, 1908.)
TANG-I-DUM-I-CHUL—Lat. Long. Elev. 3,500'.
A point on the Kidan range on the Dizful-Khurramabad road. It is
crossed by a footpath at 3,500'.—
TANG-I-DUZDAN —vide DU ZD AN (TANG-I-).
TANG-I-FAL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in the south-west of Ears, through the Kuh-i-Haft Chah range
bearing south-west by \ west from Asir. The natives say that a path prac
ticable for infantry (not for pack animals) leads by this pass from Asir
to the seaport of Nakhl Taqi, distance 17 miles —{Butcher, 18881)
TANG-I-FANl, vide AB-I-FANl.
TANG-I-FlL— Lat. Long. Elev.
A rough and rocky pass in south-west Fars traversed at about 12.^ miles
from Jam on the road to Lar .—[Ross Rutchei, 1888.)
TANG-I-FIRUZABAD—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Fars, on the road between Flruzabad and Shiraz. It is not
very difficult, and there are said to be paths by which it could be turned —
[Jones.)
TANG-I-GARDUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass above Ardakan, Fars, on the road thence to Shish Pir. It is steep
but rideable.— [Durand.)
TANG-I-G ARRAU—
A gorge immediately west of Pul-i-Murd, through which the road from
that place to Talaspid passes. It is about one mile long with a rise of 400',
gradient about [ 3 .— [Grahame, 1908.)
TANG-I-GAU SIIUMAR—
A long defile through the Kuh-i-Safid, whereby the Kashgan [formed
by the confluence of the Ab-i-Alishtar (Khaman) and the Laghn streamj
obtains access to the Chigini plateau (a continuation to the west of the
Khurramabad plain). It is an important defile, all roads for many miles
east and west being very steep and almost impracticable for laden animals.
There are, as is usual in most important gorges in South-West Persia,
relics of a Sassanian road through the gorge : the track however is now bad
and several mules had to be unloaded.— [Wilson, 1913.)
TANG-I-G AY ZARDEH—
A pass in Luristan in the valley of the Kashgan river some 5 miles distant
from Tang-i-Kalhur ; this gorge is impassable for animals, the JAastigan
here turns west by north following the general run of the strata f«r abcm
2 miles the gorge being very narrow with steep slopes on either side, me
right bank being almost impassable even on foot. It then turns soutn
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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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