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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [357v] (719/988)
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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977
TAG—TAH
streams. There is a good camping-ground to the east of the town, about
U miles from the bazar. The transport m the village amounts (1890) to
300 mules and 500 donkeys. The town also possessed in the same year 100
cows and 3,000 sheep.
The old dome of the fire temple rises above the trees; it is empty and the
doors have gone, but the roof and walls still show beautiful work in blue and
sold, with flowered tiles and fresco painting. Over the door, carved m wood
is the Arabic date corresponding to the Christian year 1268. Hard by stand
the ruins of a shrine built by Shah Niamat Abdul Allah, before he fixed his
abode in Mahun. These buildings are of some extent, with the remains of
handsome mural decorations. They are comparatively modern. Under the
dome are some beautiful tomb stones of Yazd marble, pale yellow and white,
carved with the graceful Arabic lettering. The handsomest is quite plain,
but for the Kalimeh of creed of Islam, cut in the polished yellow stone.
Taft is or was, a great place for the manufacture of felt carpets; and it
was reported some years ago that there were no less than 30 factories in the
town but these are not mentioned in the latest (1905) reports of the place.
The Taft district extends south-westwards for 5 miles, there are lead
mines in the neighbourhood.— Abbott—Jones KhanikhoJJ Stack Sykes
— Vaughan, 1890, Newcomen, 1905.)
TAGHANAK (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
An Armenian village between Qehfarukh and KharajI, on the Isfahan-
Shushtar road, 80 horses, 450 people. It is watered by the Shamsabad
river and one c/anat. Some karbds made here, (i 'teece.)
TAGAISTAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A well in the district of Yazd, 38 miles south by west of Nadushan. It
is situated on low-lying ground surrounded by an immense quantity ot
tamarisk bushes.
TAGHUN or TAGHANAK— Lat. Long. Elev. 6,700'.
A prosperous Armenian village in the Chehar Mahal district °f the Bakh-
tiari country on the main Bakhtiari caravan road between tiehtarukh
(6 miles) and Kharaji (12) miles. It lies on the left bank of the Ab-i-Jehan-
bin, surrounded by cultivation.— (Arbuthnot, 1905.)
TAGHUN or TARGHUN— Lat. 31° 48' N.; Long. 51° 47' E.; Elev.
A halting-place in Ears between Qishlaq and Gumisheh, on the western
road from Shiraz to Isfahan.— (Webb.)
■
given by Schindler to the Ab-i-Diz^.v.) before its junction with
,nd Ab. and corresDondin£i■ to the Ab-i-Burujird of Sawyei.
TAHAJ— Lat. Long. Elev.
A name _
the Kamand Ab, and corresponding
(Schindler )
TAH1RI— Lat. 27° 39' 36" N.; Long. 52° 20' 40" E.
One of the Shibkuh ports on the Persian coast; it is situated about 20
miles south-east of Kangan, and 25 miles north-west of Naband. a
is situated in a small open bay formed by low points 2 miles apai w u
project from the shore on either side of it and carry date-groves. e a y
deepens regularly from the coast to 8 fathoms at
off-shore.
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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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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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