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TIRlU—
A valley in Kirmanshah about 42 miles south-west of Kirmanshah city.
The roads thence to Baghdad via Mandali and to Sar-i-Pul via Kifraur,
pass through it. It is a level valley, with a small stream flowing down the
centre. It is about 1 mile in breadth from north to south. The hills on
either side of it are well-wooded, chiefly with dwarf oak. The grazing is
excellent and the water-supply is good. Its elevation is about 4,600 feet.
It forms the summer quarters of a portion of the Chupan Qasim Khani
Kalhur Kurds; Chief Namdar Khan. They number 300 tents. The plain is
inhabited from April to the end of September. In winter it is deep in
snow. Roads run from here to Kirmanshah, 51 miles, and to Sar-i-Pul,
48 miles.— {Vaughan.)
TIRHAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in the Pish Kuh of Luristan, south-west of the Pasun valley and
about 65 miles west of Khurramabad on the road to Deh Bala. The
path is stony and narrow; a spring below the pass with much grass and
many willow-trees. The pass emerges into a plain of the same name,
in which are some Lur camps, cultivation, and water. Continuing south
west across the plain the ruined fort of Tarkhan is met at 3 miles beyond
the pass. When visited there was a camp of some 50 Lur tents near it.—
{Burton, September 1897.)
TIRHAN Poet— Lat. 33° 38' N. ; Long. 47° 27' E.; Elev. 3,500'.
A fort, now unoccupied and falling to ruin, standing towards the south
east end of the Tarkhan valley of Luristan near the foot of the southern
boundary range of the valley. Near by is the Tarkhan camp of 50 tents
of Amarai Lurs. The plain round is well-cultivated and contains good
grass. Water is plentiful from kariz streams. The road to Pusht-i-Kuh
runs between the fort and camp to the Siab pass 5 miles to the west. The
mountains and valley are devoid of trees.— {B.)
TIRHAN VALLEY—
Lies between two bare and rocky parallel ranges of the Pish Kuh of Lur
istan whose general direction is from north-west to south-east. The valley
is 5 miles in breadth and 15 (?) miles long. The Amarai Lurs pitch here
a number of scattered camps in summer: in winter the chief, Qasim Khan,
camps at the base of the mountain opposite to, and north of> the Slab pass,
through which the drainage of the valley flows^ 4o the Saimarreh stream.
The south-east end is well cultivated and contains abundant water from
springs: a large stream also enters from the Pasun valley through the Tar
khan pass, between which and the Siab pass runs the road from the Khur
ramabad to Pusht-i-Kuh.— {Burton.)
TIRHAN (1)— Lat. 32° 41' N.; Long. 51° 8' E.; Elev.
Generally called Tirhan-Karvan or Karvan alone, which the Bakhtiari
pronounce Cherven, 33 miles from Isfahan, on the road to Burujird.
A very large and prosperous place, belonging to peasant proprietors;
it consists of three parishes, 700 houses; population 6,200 ; there is a fine
large mayid and three hammdms. It is watered by eight qandts and a small
stream which comes from Dalan Kuh. It possesses three “ mazras,”