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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎375r] (754/988)

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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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TAN—TAN
are numerous springs of excellent water. Close by are some Zoroastrian
ruins with an Atish-gdh, and a small tank with very clear blue w r ater and full
of enormous fish. Ouseley says that the village is a mile long, and is sur
rounded by a mud wall and has many flourishing gardens.— (Ouseley —•
Stotherd, 1893.)
TANG-I-KASHI-DARI —Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Laristan, leading across the hills to the north-west of Birkeh
Sultan (q. v.) — (Shakespear, 1905.)
TANG-I-KHARAJI— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small pass about 69 miles south-west of Isfahan, on the road to Shush-
tar; the road passes through it between the Kuh-i-Jehan-bin and the
Kuh-i-Zangum. The tanff is 300 yards wide. A stream flows through
it. Southwards it is crossed at the south end of the tang by a brick bridge
200 feet long, 8 feet wide, in 10 spans of about 12 feet each; approaches
very swampy.— (Bell, 1884.)
TAN G-I-KH AST— Lat. Long. Elev.
A gorge in the Shulistan district of Ears through which the Fehlian river
flows, vide this Gazetteer—Kaleh Safid and Fehlian river.
TANG-I-KISH—
A george in Luristan near the junction of the Madain Rud and Kashgan
rivers. This is a long and difficult gorge, divided into two paths. The first
section is about £ mile long and gives access to a narrow valley with some
flat terraced slopes on the left bank. At 5^ miles some oil springs were
passed which form the subject of a sparate report. At 5f miles the second
section of the Tang-i-Kish is entered by a difficult track; • and old ruined
fort surmounts a precipitous ridge on the left bank. At 6^ miles the river
turns west by north and the caravan track diverges south over the Kuh
Kamar Si which is a continuation of the Dalich range.— (Wilson, 1913.)
TANG-I-KUGJIANCHAM— see under KUNJIAN CHAM.
TANG-I-LAGHARA— Lat. Long. Elev.
A defile in Laristan, through some low broken hills about 6 miles west of
Lar. The Lar Bushire road leads through it— (Butcher, 1888.)
TANG-I-LAILUM— Lat. Long. Elev. 1,560'.
A break in Luristan in the Kheolah (Glalan) range of hills, which is pierced
by the Lailum stream, 7 0 miles from Dizful on the road to Khurramabad.
It is passable with difficulty by pack animals. This stream is an affluent of
the Ab-i-Saidmarreh, which, traversing the valley between the Kuh-i-Kabir
and Kheolah hills, falls into the Karkheh.
The hills forming the Saidmarreh valley, the Kabir and Kheolah ranges,
are here 2 miles apart; the former, in one long incline sloping upwards to
the south, are much cut up by ravines and marked by striae ; the latter
rise in almost perpendicular slopes ; the tops of the former are still white
with snow in places.
This fine gently sloping valley, covering 1,000 yards, by 1,000 yards,
is surrounded by low undulations, and is easy of defence, except from the
north, where the Kheolah range is steep and accessible only with difficulty
by means of the steep ledges of rock, formed by denudation; pasture good.

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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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1 volume (490 folios)
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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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