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houses and owes whatever importance it possesses to a well endowed shrine,
dedicated to Sultan Saiyid Ahmad Saghir, son of the Saiyid Kabir, a son of
the Imam Musa. Saiyid Kabir was said to have been the first preacher of
Muhammadanism in India ; where he died a martyr’s death. His son lived
and died in Sarduieh, and the shrine was built by one of the Seljuk sovereigns
of Kirman, probably by dfah’A; Muhammad. The adjacent land is the pro
perty of the shrine, and its peasants (known as Shaikh) are almost the
only permanent inhabitants of the district, the nomads merely spending
the few summer months in these regions. There is a considerable quantity
of wheat and linseed cultivation in the vicinity, and plenty of good water
is obtained from a qanat.—(Massy and Medley, 1894; Sykes, 1902.)
DAR-I-NARUZAT—
A branch of the Dar-i-Ahu river. (See article on latter.)— (Jennings,]1885.
DARlNCHAH— Elev. 4,075'.
A halting-place in Sarhad, 45 miles from Magas, on the Vasht road.
No village or supplies : scanty water, not perennial, is procurable, which
Brazier-Creagh calls good, and Sykes, salt. Fuel plentiful.— (Sykes, 1893 ;
Brazier -Creagh, 1893.)
DARlNCHAH (Nala)—
The name of a ndld which rises in Gvar Kuh and flows past Nur Muham
mad Kariz to the drainage system running to the Shurgaz Hdmun.
Nhr Muhammad Kariz is about 1J miles to the right (west) of the road
at mile 214, on route Sehkuha to Bampur, between Shandak and Surabur
Kutal. Perennial water said to exist near the head of the ndld a couple
of miles off on the east, also down stream the ndld is said to be a flowing
river (local information).— (Jennings, 1885.)
DAR-I-SHUR— Elev. 5,425'.
A halting-place in Sarhad, 25 miles north-east of the Rud-i-Mahi, on the
road from there to the Kuh-i-Malik Siah. It has a qandt of sweet water
and some tamarisk jungle. Fuel is plentiful and grazing good.—(IFood,
January 1899.)
DARKUM—
A date grove on the right bank of the Kaju river, on the Bampur-Chahr-
bar route, 88 |- miles from the former. Camel-grazing and fuel limited.
Supplies nil. Water from river.— (Grey, 1906.)
DARMIAN— Lat. 32° 50' 32"; Long. 59° 54' 45".—(Lentz.)
A village of some 400 houses, on the road from Birjand to Herat,
and the head-quarters of the Sunnikhaneh Julgah. It is situated in a cup
shaped hollow in the valley and abounds with thh most beautiful trees
and gardens. The village exports zirisk (barberry), walnut, almonds, and.
a certain amount of silk. Several thousand poplar trees were taken
from the villages of Darmian to Furk for the construction of the Meshed-
Sistan telegraph line.