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SHI—SHI
SHIGIM—
A village in’Geli {q.v.) in Makran.
SHIKARABAD KUTAL (Kirman)—Elev. 2,172'.
A pass between the Shahri and Paspin ranges, traversed by the Rigan-
Minab road between the halting-places of Kaleh-i-Qantaq and Kahur-i-
Daraz. This is the highest point in the range which the road crosses.
' The ascent and descent are both easy, and even in its present state wheel-
-• e d artillery have been taken over it, but the guns had to be unhorsed.
The formation is of friable rock and shale. Two places require widening
near the top of the Jcutal, and one piece, some 100 yards in length, on the
western side. Two days’ work with pick and shovel would suffice to make
it fit for wheels. In front, i.e., south-west, five distinct and parallel ranges
are visible, apparently prolongations of the great Marz-Shahri range. All
onward drainage flows to the sea, while that behind goes to the Mllan-i-
Jihun Hamun. — {Jennings.)
SHILUGARM—
A hamlet of some 20 huts in the Bandar Abbas district, about 10 miles
north of Kushku, on the Kirman-Bandar Abbas road. It is also call
ed Dehaneh-i-Zindan. Water from Ahmadi stream.—(Rrazier-Creogrft, 2S34 ;
Newcomen, 1905.)
SHIMAL—
A village 23 miles north-west of Minab in Kirman, on the road to Bandar
Abbas. Probably Shamil (q.v.)—{Felly.)
SHIMSAN TANK—
A gorge in the Band-i-Nilag range {q.v.) through which the Sadaich river
comes southward, like the Bint river at Fanuch. The gorge itself probably
resembles the Fanuch pass {q.v.). There is said, however, to be a good
road through it. {See also Sadaich.)
SHIRAN—
A village in Kirman, 32 miles from Jashk, on the road to Minab, from
which it is distant 110 miles. It has 150 houses ; good water is procur
able here from wells, but all supplies are scarce.— {Felly.)
SHIRANDU (Nala) (Persian Baluchistan)—
Met with on the road between Isfandak and Daf-i-Afi.
At 7^ miles from Isfandak the road to Jalk descends 50 feet into
this ndla, which it then ascends, sometimes running up the bed and
at the other times on one bank. The height at 8 miles {i.e., from
Isfandak is 4,208 feet. It drains via Jalk into the Mashkid river.—
{Jennings.)
SHlRG—
A village lying 4 farsakhs north of Sarbisheh, containing a population of
200. Water from two kdrizes. It produces 3,500 Indian maunds of grain ;
there is good grazing and fodder is stored for the winter. Fifty donkeys*