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SIR—SIS
SIRUJ— (Hills)
A range of hills south-east of Khabis, in Kirman, where there is a hot
spring .—(Khanikoff.)
S IRUJ— -Lat. 30° 12' II*'— {St. John). Long. 51° 2d' 0"—(Schindler).
Elev. 5,934 and 5,540.— (Schindler.)
A village in the district of Khabis of about 100 families. Many fruit trees
anl some cypresses. Close behind' the town is a domed building contain
ing the grave' of the saint Jalal-ud-Din, son of Imam Musa Qasim (A. H.
785). Many gardens containing fig trees, pomegranates and vines, the
fruit of which finds a market in Kirman and Khabis. Other fruits are wal
nuts, apples, plums and quinces. Wheat and maize are the crops cultivated.
Gum tragAcanth is produced, and a bad kind of manna from the leaves of
different trees. Climate very healthy. During the cholera epidemic of
1868-69, several hundred people left Kirman and lived here until the epi
demic was over.
Some 3 miles west of Siruj, on the road to Mahuno, is the Siruj Pass,
about 10,000' —(Schindler, 1S79.)
SlSA PUSHT (Persian Baluchistan)—
A mountain in the Lashar range, south of the Bampur desert.—
(Jennings.)
SISAD—
Two- villages in Makran, situated on the banks of the Bahu river, 30
miles west of Siroki on the Dasht, 10 miles south-east of Dashtiari, and
about 32 miles north-west of Gwatar, to which there is a direct road. The
Bahu river, in this neighbourhood has, within recent times, changed its
course nearly 4 miles to the west, and thus has made desolate a country
that was formerly well cultivated and flourishing.
Mr. Janes, who visited it in 1900, writes :—“ At 7 miles west o'’ Rlmdan
we reached Balur Mach, from which place we passed through a jungle
of brushwood for 2 miles, and again through neglected fields to the old
course of the Bahu river, 3’25 miles from Baliir Mach. This river was
almost dry, 60 feet from bank to bank, and 21 feet deep. Its banks
were once fringed with magnificent babul trees, which are now withered,
presenting a most dreary aspect. Extensive fields on both banks were
formerly watered by this stream, but since the river has taken a new course,
these have been fallow. Ruins of villages scattered over the country gave
a most desolate appearance to the scene. In fact, the whole country from
Rim dan, except Balur Mach, had the same aspect. This desolation is
attributed partly to the Bahu river having taken a westerly course, and
to the scanty rainfall for the past five years, but mainly to oppression from
the Persian officials. The distance measured between the new and the
old course of the stream is 3-8 miles.”
East Sisad, lying on the west bank of the old course of the river, and
I f miles from it, is a village containing some 15 families of Jadgals.
Supplies are procurable in moderation, and water, from a large and deep
Surface reservoir, remains throughout the year.