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a few days the garrison, principally MazandarSnl and Arab irregulars,
attempted to leave the place, but nearly 2,000 of them were killed by the
Russian Cavalry, though their Commander, Husen Khan, about the worst
officer that could have been entrusted with such a duty, succeeded in escaping
to his brother the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. , and General Paskiewitch was enabled to lay
immediate siege to Erivan. {Monteith.)
SAKHALSO—Lat. Long. Elev.
A river of Kurdistan which rises in the Arnos Mountain, 14 miles east of
Khushkhan and falls into the Bohtan Su at Kelis. [Imperial Gazetteer—
Taylor?)
SAll-I-DASIIT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A fort in the division of the same name in Turkish Kurdistan, on the left
bank of the Aksu river. It is situated on the green slope of a mountain
of the same name and is in a very ruinous state. There is a road from here
to Sulimania. [Wagner).
SAR-I-DASHT—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district in Turkish Kurdistan, comprising the valley of the Aksu tribu
tary of the Lesser Zab near its source and situated north of Sulimania, south
of Suj Bolak, east of Koh-i-Sanjak. [Fraser.)
SARMENA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the coast of the Province of Tarabiziin, Asiatic Turkey, 20
miles east of Tarabiznn at the mouth of the Kara Dara. It stands on a
limestone height and consists of houses built of stone, but diminutive both
in size and height. The shops chiefly kept by Greeks are very iudifEerently
supplied, the chief articles being woollen and cotton cloth, tobacco and
groceries. The exports consist of wine, oil and fruit. Its population is
about 2,000 souls. (Brant.)
SAROCHEK—Lat. Long. Elev.
A district of Turkish Kurdistan, north of Sulimania. [Rich.)
SAR SARA—Lat. Long. Elev.
A peak to the north-north-west of Bitlis, Asiatic Turkey, on the range
which divides the drainage of the Murad Chai from the Tigris. (Chesney.)
SARSIR—Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain ridge in Turkish Kurdistan, Asiatic Turkey, which lies to the
north of Sulimania between the Sival and Tengazi rivers. [Rich.)
SART.—Lat. Long. Elev.
A town in the Province of Diarbakr, Asiatic Turkey, on the right bank of Sart
Sa, 90 miles east of Diarbakr. It is a mean and wretched Kurdish town
situated at one end of a large undulating plain without a single tree on the
slope of some highland separating it from the Bohtan Su or East Tigris, from
which it is two miles distant at the nearest part.
The plain is considerably higher than the bed of the river, the descent to
it being over a very steep road about one and a half mile long. The quantity
of cultivation in the vicinity of the city is great, particularly of melons
and cucumbers; in the midst of each field there is a small stone-house,
well loop-holed for the protection of the property. There are at least twenty
of these edifices in the neighbourhood of Sart, which give it the appearance
of being surrounded by a number of small forts. The town is about two
miles and a half in circuit, inclosed by a wall of stone and lime, with
round and square bastions, but destroyed in many places and without any
ditch. A great part of the space inside the wall has no buildings,