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S A DOO L—Bala- Dai*!) and.
A village of Bala-Darband district. Malyat Krs. 129-693 dinars cash
and Kh. 3-28-0 grain.
SAF1R-KHANI—Binavar.
A village of the Binavar district.
AHAMEBDIN—Kangavar.
A village of the Kangavar district.
8 AHANLEH—Kuliai.
A village of the Kuliai district^ belonging to Hajji Sheffi and Haider
Ali Khan. See Kuliai.
SAHNA—Sahna.
Long. 47° 83'24 // E. Elevation 1,559*40 metres.
The chief place of the Sahna district. It is a small but flourishing town
87 miles east of Kermanshah on the road from Kermanshah to Hamadan,
between Bisutun ami Kangavar. It is situated at the foot of a range of
precipitous rooky hills, where are some ancient caves. The caravanserai
built by the Hajji of Nirwan is fast going to ruins. When Taylor and
Ferrier visited bahna it was a flourishing place of 500 houses. Rozario
after toe great famine, found only 100 families remaining. In Sahna are
to be found a few Atishbeghi Seyyeds of the Aliullahi sect. The town,
which is surrounded by gardens, is said to contain at the present moment
200 houses.
A brawling torrent having its rise in a gorge about 1 farsakh above the
town runs through the gardens.
Grain and opium are the chief products.
The revenue of Salma was given me as Ts. 1,700 cash and Khaiwars
1,000 gram.
Opium is cultivated round the village of Sahna and the crop is estimat
ed at about 100 to 150 maunds of opium.
Cotton has been grown again since^ the last two years and fetches 6
krans per mann. It is sold to Kurdistan and Kermanshah merchants.
Poles from the extensive gardens of Sahna ara sold in Kermanshah
and used as rafters.
The principal fruits produced are : grapes, quince, plums (alucheh) and
(gaujeh), cherries (alubalu), apricots (zardalu) and garden crops.
Nobody apart from the tenants of the caravanserai and coffee-house is
allowed to sell provisions to pilgrims. The coffee-house alone is let at
Tomans 1,100 per annum. One can easily imagine the profit derived
from this district by the people who hold it in Tuyool.
Wine and arak are manufactured in the village, and a few gilims and
rough carpets are woven by the women.
There are in the gorge behind the town two rock tombs, access to one of
which can only be had by means of ropes. There are neither sculptures
nor inscriptions. The Persians call the place the tomb of Kai-Kouss.
SAHNA—
Bulux or District of Sahna—
This district can be divided into two distinct parte!