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2 TAGOA, a river of Afghanistan, has its rise in the Hindoo Eiph. ace. of Cau-
3 Koosh near Farajghan, and runs southward about eighty miles, ue star Bn
4 through the valley of Tagoa, emptying itself into the Kabool !”
5 river sixty miles east of the city of Kabool, in lat. 35° 24’,
6 long. 69° 45’. The valley of Tagoa is inhabited by Taujiks
7 and Saufees, an Afghan tribe, nearly independent of the govern-
8 ment of Kabool. It is fertile and populous, being studded with
9 numerous castles, .the strongholds of the turbulent natives.
10 TAHIRBEGY.—A village in North-western Afghanistan, walker's Map of
11 about twenty miles north-west of the town of Mymunuh. Lat. “®
12 35° 54’, long. 64° 23’.
13 TAK, in Afghanistan, a thriving town of the Derajat, is Burnes, Pol. Pow.
14 situate north of Dera Ismael Khan, and twenty-six miles west of a ne
15 the Indus. It is surrounded by a strong and high mud wall, sur- Pav: § 49, 47.
16 mounted by towers; within is a citadel of burnt brick, having
17 a high tower at each of the four corners, and mounted with
18 twelve pieces of cannon. It has some transit trade, being
19 situate on a route from east to west, which crosses the Suliman
20 range to the north of the Goolairee Pass. The surrounding
21 country is fertile and populous, being crowded with good villages,
22 but it is not healthy, the heat in summer being intense, and the
23 water bad. The Afghan khan or chief has a revenue of about
24 150,000 rupees per annum, on which he lives in petty state,
25 though obliged to pay the Sikhs a tribute of 60,000 rupeeg
26 annually. Tak is celebrated for fine fruits, grapes, oranges, pome-
27 granates, apples, and especially mulberries. Lat, 32° 14’, long.
28 70° 50’.
29 TAKAREE, in Beloochistan, a pass from Cutch Gundava to eee te
30 Sarawan, across the eastern brow of the Halarange, in this part Panj.i. 398;
31 called the Takaree. The road by it i? intricate and narrow, [fet pee
32 having room only for the passage of one camel or horse at a time,
33 It extends in a direction generally from east to west, south of the
34 Bolan, and north of the Moola, and consequently lies somewhere
35 between lat. 28° 20’—~29° 30’, and in long. 67° 30’. Such is the
36 scanty amount of information concerning it deducible from native
37 report, as it does not appear to have been explored by Europeans.
38 TAKEAH, in Bhawlpoor, a village situate on the left bank of watker’s Mfap of
39 the Ghara river, in lat. 29° 43’, long. 72° 13’. per
40 TAKEE.—A village in Afghanistan, on the road from Ghuznee E.1¢. Ms. Doe,