KHOOLOOM, KHULM, or TASH-KURGAN

KHOOLOOM, KHULM, or TASH-KURGAN, a town of Central Asia, khanat of Koondooz, on the Khooloom River,

Khorasan. a tributary of the Oxus, and on the high road between Balkh and Koondooz, 40 miles E. by S. of the former, and 68 W. by S. of the latter; N. Lat. 35. 38., E. Long. 68. It is surrounded by mud walls, and defended by two forts of the same material. Pop. about 10,000.