'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎281r] (566/706)

SAY—SER
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The people say that the ancient town of Saveh was situated more to
the west of the present site, and that some traces of it exist; they also
affirm that this 'plain was formerly covered by the sea, forming one with
the kav]r of Qum, and that the subsidence of the waters was one of the
miracles accomplished at the birth of their prophet. _ #
The water-supply is from open canals fed by the Mazdaqan river, and
from one underground canal. There are two old mosques, one inside, the
other outside the town, the former built in 1518, the latter in lol6,
both are ruined. The one outside the town has a beautiful minaret 36
feet high. There are nine public baths, four graves of saints, and a bazaar
with one hundred and twenty shops. _
The town Aveh (j.u.) is generally mentioned together with Saveh,
{Schindler.)
SAYlN, SIN, SAIN—
A village in the Isfahan district, a short way north of Isfahan, on the
right of the road. It produces the best melons in the country.—(Moner.)
SEH-DEH (1)—
A village on the right bank of the Zindeh Rud 17f miles south-west
of Isfahan, Lanjan district (there are really three .villages). It is cele
brated for its large numbers of ponies and mules.—(Sc/micfter.)
SEH-DEH (2)—
A pleasant looking valley two miles long, 2 miles from Sultanabad, on
the road to Burujird, full of villages and cultivation.—(Preece.)
SEH-DEH (3)- . „ .
Three villages, Uzvar, Bidjeh and Biduk, situated m a valley m the
Sardslr division of Kashan, joining Barzuk on the west watered by several
little streams flowing into the Barzuk river. Each of the vil ages has 80
to 100 houses and extensive fields. The hills enclosing the valley on west
and north are the Kuh-i-Ash and Kuh-i-Kallah.—(Sc/undter.)
SEH KALEH — .
A village on the Riza Chai, 3 miles north-west of Nuvaran.—(Mindter.)
SENAHAD— .
A fortified village close to the road, 8 miles north of Mianduab m Azai-
baijan, south-east of Urumieh.—(Gerard.)
SENFl, or SUFI CHAI— . «
A small stream flowing in a wide sandy bed and crossed y a arcie^
atone bridge close to Binab in Azarbaijan, on the road to Samkaleh.
{N airier.)
SERV — * , ^
The name of a hamlet to the west of the road between Agda and Y azd
The hamlet is on a plain covered with the richest grazing, on which herds
of camels and sheep graze.— (Sykes.)