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through low hills from this point,, on a bearing of 161° to the sea. The
road down this river, turning the end of the Palanish Gazuki range (instead
of crossing the Gazuki Kutals) is said to be available for wheeled artillery.
At mile 10| from Chiraghabad we come to Sarnai. Here are a few huts
and some 100 to 150 ghiddns. Height here at water’s edge, 796 feet
Vegetation of all descriptions exists in abundance, reminding one again of
the plains of India ; mighty babul trees, huge jaman trees with spreading
foliage, tamarisks (both varieties), pomegranates, ber trees (the large
Bengal fig), Jcahurs, Jcundrs, and date palms rival one another in the
luxuriance of their growth ; while the valley, varying from half a mile
to 2 miles wide, situated between low gravel and sandstone hills forming
the skirts of the Palanish range, is one mass of rich foliage, irrigated
cultivation, and spontaneous vegetation. The origin of the' name is
‘‘ Sar,” meaning “ head ” or “ source,” and “ nai,” a “ reed. ” Here
is a dense jungle of reeds from which pipe (kalian) stems are made, and
large quantities are exported from here. A plentiful stream of sweet peren
nial water exists, in which are abundance of small fish. In this valley are
three so-called villages, but really, as before remarked, nearly all the
inhabitants live in ghiddns.
The names of the Sarnai villages are Deh Musa, Rais, Malik; each
with one are more kdrlzes.
The inhabitants number about 500 souls, and they own 900 sheep and
goats, 250 oxen, 60 camels, and 100 donkeys.
Half of Sarnai is in the Bashakard district, half in the Mlnab, i.e., as far
as the collection of revenue is concerned.
The Bashakard district is now a sub-district of Rudbar. (See article on
Rudbar.)
Mlnab is under Pars.— (Jennings.)
SAR PUZEH—
A place in Hormuz Island (g.v.).
SART AB— Elev. 1,522'.
A stage on the Geh-Maluran-Fanuch and Bint-Eanuch routes, 47 miles
west of Geh. The halting-place is in a ndld close to the Fanuch river-bed.
There is no village near. Fuel and camel-grazing plentiful.
Two deep pools of suspicious-looking water close by, under the cliffs
surrounded by a large clump of old tamarisk and other trees, form the only
available water-supply between here and Bint (15 miles south) at this dry
season.— (Brazier-Creagh, 1893.) J
SARTAB—
A small village in Makran, 23 miles south-east of Geh, on the Baku Kalat
road. Water from springs is abundant, and some supplies are procurable.—
(Brazier-Creagh, 1893, from native information.)
SARTAB DAP— Elev. 1,910'.
A place_ in Mafa-an, about 20 miles south-east of Qasrqand, on the
Talang—Bahu Kalat road. Two streams meet here, one issuing from,
a lake a mile north of Sartab Dap, and the other from springs a mile to the
north-east. These streams run into the Churak river.—(/awes, 1900.)