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through the hill, the path becoming even more difficult, until after another
2 miles of picturesque twisting and turning it emerges into the Chul-i-Hul
valley and is joined by the Ab-i-Afrineh, some 9 miles below the Pul-i-Kal-
hur,— (Wilson, 1913.)
TANG-I-GAZ— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,400'.
A gorge in the Bakhtiari country through which the Zindeh Rud flows.
It is a wide gorge 3 miles long and passable on either bank of the river, and
separatee the Gurgunaki and the Zangra ranges. The extremities of these
ranges forming the tang on either side having sloping spurs, over which
about 300 feet above the river on its left bank, goes the main track. The
flanking spurs are about 1,000 feet above the road and fully command the
entrances and approaches.— (Sawyer, 1890.)
TANG-I-GHAZI— Lat. Long. Elev. 7,100'.
A gorge between the Kuh-i-Khisti and Kuh-i-Chuhi through which the
Zindeh Rud forces its way northwards, not far from its sources. The vil
lage of Sudaigan lies on the north side of the Tang on the river Duna;
a fine grassy plateau lies on the south side. There is good pasture in the
valley, and, where growing, the cereals are good.— (Bell, 1884.)
TANG-I-GIACH (? GACH)-Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Ears leading from the Kamarij plain to Kazarun. (MacGregor.)
TANG-I-GILI ANJUR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A valley in Kirman with springs and fig trees, 5 miles south of Saichu,
on the Kirman-Bandar ^Abbas road rid Baft.— (Brazier-Creagh, 1894.)
TANG-I-HALEH {Oil springs).
Such prospective importance as these springs may have for the Oil Com
pany would appear to arise from the fact that they are close to the alignment
which, I believe, any cart road or railway through Luristan would follow.
They are distant about 45 miles from Khurramabad. The springs are five
in number at present: one of these I did not see, but heard of later. One
is of quite recent origin, the other three are almost choked by accretions of
pitch and the liquid brown crude oil can be obtained only by digging a
small hole in the centre of the pitch, and then in very small quantity. The
newly found spring is a small pool of sulphurous water; gas, not in
flammable (apparently partly H2S), is perpetually bubbling up, bringing
with it a little crude oil, of brown colour similar to that seen at Masjid-i-
Sulaiman.
All four springs are close together in the bed of a water-course, amongst
cultivation. Geologically they seem to be situated in the centre of a denuded
limestone saddle-back, but the strata are very complicated and much con
cealed by low hills of alluvium. There is no gypsum near by, though the
alluvial soil contains a proportion of decomposed gypsum.
The springs yield no revenue to any one. The land in which they lie is
said to be “Khaliseh-” (Crown property), but it has never yielded any
revenue; the actual owner is Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Akram, Nazar Ali Khan, and the actual
reveners are his tribesmen.— (Wilson, 1913.)