"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [ظ‎‎٣‎٤‎٠] (٧٢٢/٦٨٧)

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early summer there is plenty of water in the Tajand. At Mahmur there is
a fine well, besides the water which comes from the Tajand. On the branch
of the river, which passes near Changal, there are larg-e pools of water and
great reeds. TheTurkumans leave this neighbourhood in the summer, as their
cattle are much troubled by the heat and insects. The branch or the Tajand,
which passes Adna Awaz, is lost in the Kara Kiim desert, near a place called
Ker Kui, at a distance of 24 hours 5 ride from Askhabad. The country where
the river ends is very heavy sand, and would be quite impassable for guns.
This part of the country is known as Manara, from a ruined minar,
or pillar, which used to be there. The Kizil Jar branch ends at a place called
Palisanthi in the desert to the eastward of the Adna Awaz branch. The
Kaehelli branch ends at a place called Musa, still more to the eastward.
The Mahmur branch goes past a place called Togul to Khurgojaz, where it
is absorbed in the Kara Kuril desert. There is very heavy sand where
these streams cease, but no marshes. The Russians, however, show a marsh
in their map published in 18b l as the end of the river. There is some
small amount of water with large reeds at Changal; but this is far away
from the swamp shown on the Russian map.— {MacGregor, Stewart,
O’ Donovan.)
TAJAND— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in Khurasan, lying 40 miles north-north-east across a barren
plain from Chacha and east of Kalat-i-Nadiri.— {JSajjier).
TAJAR RtFD—L at. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, on the road from Herat to Yazd, and 70 miles from
Khaf to the south-west. It is described as u a compact village among
hills. 55 — {Christie.)
TAKA KHANA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. 9,000k
A peak in north-east Khurasan, adjoining the Karadagh, and being the
most easterly of the peaks of the Alburz that attain any considerable
elevation.— {Napier.)
TA K HT A- I-K AT A R C H I— L at. , Long. ; Elev.
An elevated plateau in Kurdish Khurasan in the Kuchan district. It is
one of the characteristic plateaux of this section of the Alburz range. It
has a width of 5 to 8 miles, with a length of 15. The central portion is
tolerably level; and a great breadth is ploughed and sown with wheat.
With favourable rain good crops are produced, the seed returning ten, fifteen,
and twenty fold. The sides of the plain ate undulating, and rise into low,
easy hills, entirely bare of trees, as is the central portion also.— {Napier.)
TAKHTA YASHAS HI— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A plain in Khurasan, crossed between Bujnurd and Shuhan, on the road to
Jajarm. It is about 3| miles broad here.— {Napier.)
TAKHT-I-JAN—Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A village in eastern Khurasan, 2b^ miles west of AwiT,, in the Sunikhana
district.— {Stewart.)
TAKHT-I-MlRZA* —Lat. 37° 19' 0" Long. 57° 20' O'"; Elev. lO^OO 5
{Napier).
A hill in Khurasan, 12 miles south of Bujnurd. Its highest peak is
10,000 feet. — {MacGregor.)
* The “ Prince’s Throne.