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SIN-SIR
range of Khorasan into the Gifan, which is another tributary of the
Atr ak.—( Petrusevitch.)
SINUH—
A village in the Tabas district of Khorasan. It lies to the west of the
Ghnabad valley and about 20 miles from Kakh on the road to Bijistan.
It has about 100 houses, an abundant water-supply from a hill spring,
and is surrounded with fruit gardens and corn-fields.— (Bellew.)
SIPANJ—
One of the two villages of Robat Serai, the other being in the Sarhad
sub-division of the Shahrild-Busiam district. It has 30 houses, and lies
on the road to Jajarm.— (Napier.) See Robat-i-Savanj.
SIR— Bat. 35° 25' 0". Long. 58° 5' 0"— (Stewart). Elev. 4,230'— (Mohi-ud-
Din).
A village in Khora^an, on the road from Yazd to Nlshapur by Bad-
rashkand, from which it is 14 miles distant. There are the remains of an old
castle here, built, it is said, in the time of Jamshid, and overshadowed
by a high, bare and steep mountain. The village is built on the side of
the hill below the castle, which would be in a commanding position, if the
heights above were held ; but these command it-—in fact, overhang it.
From the village the ground slopes down steeply to the stream, which is
bounded on the other side by bare and steep mountains. There is a little
level ground in the valley, where there are gardens and cultivation.— (Gill.)
SIRAzG — Lat. 37° 35 0". Long. 57° 58 0".
A village in northern Khora an, 20 miles north-west of Shiivan.—
(Intelligence Division, War Office.) *
SIR JAN (No. 1)— Lat. 33° 51' 31"; Long. 58° 27' 3*.—(Lentz)
A large village, the first stage from Tun to Birjand and Khorasan. Ferric r
says it is 70 miles from Birjand, 17 miles from (according to another
account, 26 miles south-west of) Tun, and is a walled town of 2,000 houses.
It is a very considerable place, but half destroyed. Water is in abun
dance, and comes from the neighbouring mountains : 260 reservoirs are
■ fed by these streams. Sirjan is surrounded by numerous and excellent
gardens. The majority of the inhabitants are employed on camel caravans,
and it has a manufactory of small-arms and one of felt carpets. In
the environs are many prosperous and handsome villages.— (Perrier ; Wolff.)
SIRJAN (No. 2)—
A village of 20 houses in the Juvain plain, about 15 miles north of
Jaghatai.—($cAmd£er.)
SIRZiR (No. 1)—Lat. 35° 49' O'. Long. 59° 25' 30'.—(£*. John).
A fortified village in Khorasan, 35 miles south of Meshed. It is sur
rounded by gardens and trees, but sufiered much at one time from Turko
man raids.— (Bellew \ Goldsmid.)