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SUR-SUR
SUR (Kutal) —
A kutal at the head of the Bug ndld traversed by the Jalk-Ladis road
between the Talab river and the Andei ndld. Ascent and descent of about
20 feet and easy; height, 4,744 feet. This can be turned on either
side, and the hills are only about 20 feet higher than the kutal. This is the
watershed separating the Bug ndld flowing to the Talab river, from the Andai
ndld flowing to the Ladis Kaur. Bor the last 11 miles on the Talab side
of this kutal the country is volcanic and destitute of vegetation, except
a few stunted tamarisks and tufts of camel-thorn here and tl.ere, and
there is no water nearer than at the Bug halting-place, 11 miles back —
(Jennings.)
SUR (River)—
A brackish stream between Kalaghan and Bandar khhds.~*(Jennings.)
SURAG or SURAK—
14 A small district on the coast of Persian Baluchistan, included in the
Dasht 5 ’ (q.v.). It lies east of the Sadaich river, between it and Karvan.
The halting-place of Siirag, on the telegraph route from Gwadar to Jashk,
is the fifth stage from the latter and tenth from Chahbar. It is about 12
miles from the Sadaich and 16| miles from Kashi. There is a well of good
water. Firewood and camel-grazing abundant. A flat sandy plain ex
tends on the one side to the Sadaich ; on the other for about 4 miles to the
mass of low hills tiirough v/hich the road and telegraph line passes to Kashi.
North the country appears to be open to the coast ranges and south to the
sea.
In January 1876 Floyer found about 200 acres of wheat and cotton some
distance south of the camping-ground. The cultivators were nearly all
slaves. J
Lorimer in 1908 reports a scattered village of 150 huts of low class tribes
and a few Hots. There were 100 date palms and barley and jowari were
grown. The people possessed 200 camels, 50 cattle and 200 sheep and goats.
The characteristics of the Surag district are those of the Dasht generally.
(See Dasht.) On the telegraph map a hill called Gaugird is marked to
the south, near the coast. This name means “sulphur,” which is no
doubt found there. (Hdji Abdul Nabi ; Floyev ; Pierce', Lorimer.)
SURAG (Hills)—
. Part of the hill s bounding the coast plains of Persian Baluchistan on the
north. Floyer mentions the “ saw-backed Surag hill,” which is north
of Surag halting-place (q.v.), and not far south of the Sadaich in the
latter part of its course within the hills. This river, turning south, emerges
into the plains between the Surag hills on the east and the Huni hills on
the west. In the telegraph map the hills immediately east of the Sadaich
are marked Darhaman Kuh; and those to west, adjoining the Huni hills,
are called Chag Kuh.
SURAN—
A village in Kirman, on the right bank of the Halil Rud, near Bijnabad.
—(Sykes, 1891.) -