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It contains about 8 houses inhabited by Bilawari Kurds. It has no trees ;
but has some crops and cultivation. Water from a stream ; supplies }
100 sheep and goats.— (Vaughan.)
SULTAN PIR BABA (Ziarat of)—
A shrine in an oak grove in the Shalni valley, 1 mile above the village :
round are some fine copses of willows : the Shaini stream is here lined with
magnificent walnut trees.— (Burton.)
SUMA—
A small village lying a few miles west of Ardabil in Azarbaljan, on the
road to Shahsuvar and Ahar. Garjan is close by.— (Holmes ; Todd.)
SUMAH—
Buzurg Sumah and Kilchak Sumah, two villages between Mlaneh and
Turkomanchai in Azarbaijan. Kuchak Sumah lies 17£ miles from Mianeh
on the road thence to Tabriz, Buzurg Sumah a couple of miles to the north of
it.— (Schindler.)
SUMAI (l).—
The region, west of Salmas plain in north-western Azarbaljan, lying under
a spur of the Kurdistan range. Coal beds are said to exist here. Just where
the spur joins the main range are fine basaltic columns which beat the palisade
of the Hudson river in everything except height; north of the columns is
an old lava bed, from which all the tombstones of the Salmas plain are
quarried. It is quite porous, with air cells, and is not a good stone to retain
inscriptions. It is extensively used for gate and door jambs, bridges, tanks,
troughs, etc. As one goes westwards, the rocks of the spur appear to go
older, first the cenozoic, then the carboniferous. The elevation also rises as
the Kurdistan range is approached.— (Picot, 1)94.)
SUMAI (2)—
A K idish village and tribe near Q 'rtur. The local B 'gs, T. imir Jang
and Muhammed Sharif Agha, have recently (1913), under Rusri ,n influence,
sworn fidelity to Isma’il Aga Simko. he .dman of the Abdoi Kurds (q. 1 '.),
a It hen ;h it is certain that Were the Russian troops to depart the old blood-
feuds b tween them woi Id break oA again.
The reed headman of the Su nai K rds, Isma’fl Aga Kardar, is regarded
by the Russians as of v ry doubtf i! I yrdty. Thi i village is within some
20 miles of SQMAI (1.)— (Voijenni Sbornik, Maj 1913).
SUMARI—
A place in Azarbaijan near Ardabd. There is rich cultivation in the
locality.— (Holmes.)
SUMBUL VK—
A range of hills, in the Zuhab district, on the Persian side, which with the
Bazi Daraz forms a composite range running south-east from Hulvan
river, to join the intricate system forming the northern frontier of Luristan.
It is composed of gypsum.— (Soane, 1912.)
S U MBARKH ALEH—
! A river in the Talish district of Gllan, flowing into the Caspian between
K arganrud and Kupurchal. It is a shallow stream in the winter but a rapid
torrent in the spring.— (Holmes.)
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