'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎379r] (762/988)

TAN—TAN
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villages of the name of Shul. The mountains overlooking the valley are
formed of conglomerate.— [Durand — Vaughan, 1890.)
TANG-I-SHUVAN— Lat. 84° 3' N. ; Long. 46° 49' E. ; Elev. 5,350'.
Two villages situated on the Zabari plain, Kirmanshah, at the south-west
entrance to the pass of Tang-i-Shuvan. The road from Harunabad to
Kirmanshah passes between the villages which stand about l mile apart.
Below is a small area of walled vineyards fringed with poplars, and some
orchards. A fair stream issues from the pass and there are also a number of
springs. The plain is cultivated and contains good grazing : many thousands
of goats and sheep pasturing on it in summer. The mountain range of
Kurkur, which bounds the plain immediately behind Tang-i-Shuvan,
contains much oak scrub, the remnants of former forest. The village to
the south of the road is the property of the Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. -ud-Dauleh, Haji-
‘Abdur-Rahim of Kirmanshah, and contains 50 houses : that to the north,
of 40 houses, is partly owned by him. The inhabitants are Kalhur
Kurds : they own large numbers of sheep and goats and some herds of
cattle, also a fair area of cultivated land.—(Burton.)
TANG-I-SHUVAN (Pass op) — Lat. Long. Elev. 5,550'.
Immediately to the north-east of the villages of Tang-i-Shuvan, an
outlying parallel spur of the Kurkur range, which here bounds the
Zabari plain, is pierced by a narrow gorge; the road from Harunabad to
Kirmanshah passes through it, at 12| miles from the former place. The
bed of the pass is 50 yards wide, and through it flows the stream draining
the valley to the north-east. The stony hills rise steeply to either hand, to
points l mile apart and 500 feet above the stream. The road through the
pass is good : the gradient easy and the length traversed 300 yards. In the
valley beyond the north-east exit is room for camping ; wood, water and
good grazing : a footpath to the Mahi Dasht plain crosses the Kurkur
main ridge; to the south-east runs the path, practicable for laden animals,
which crosses the same ridge as the Mil path to the Mahi Hasht plain. The
Tang-i-Shuvan path cannot be turned in the immediate vicinity, but the
Kurkur range is crossed a few miles to the north and south by various
passes practicable for laden animals, notably the 'Aliavar, 4 miles south
east, which is the road by which the Persian artillery marches to the main
road (Kirmanshah-Baghdad) at Harunabad.— (Burton.)
TANG-I-SIAH (1)— Lat. Long. Elev.
The boundary between the Bakhtiari and Mamassani tribes in the Shulis-
tan district of Ears in the Chal-i Mureh plain. The tang appears to consist
of the whole length lying between a narrow gorge, 4 miles north-east of the
Behbehan-Shiraz road which crosses the tang 7 miles east of Basht, and
another equally narrow gorge 2 miles south-west of the road. Through
these gorges runs a river straggling over a wide shingle bed in four swift
streams. One measures 40 yards and is two feet deep, the other three
being 30 yards wide and one foot deep. In flood the river is 300 yards broad
and 5 feet deep.— (Hopkins, 1903.)
TANG-I-SIAH (2)— vide SI AH (TANG-I-).
TANG-I-SIH EAR— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass between Lavar and Kalimeh in Ears.— (St. John.)
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