Historical and political gazetteer of Afghanistan, Ludwig W. Adamec, General Staff Branch, Indian Army, Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst., 1972, ... The name Taloqan has been spelled variously: older maps usually give Talikhan, which comes closer to the actual pronunciation of the word, while new Afghan maps and gazetteers spell Taloqan or Taloq-an (an being a suffix with the the meaning of pass) ...
