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SAID—SAIY
S AIDWAN—
A village, partly Turk, partly Armenian, in north-western Azarbaijan, 3
miles north-east of Khoi on the road to Julfa.— (Picot, 1894.)
SAIFABAD—
A village 29 miles from Kazvln, to the left of the post-road thence to
Tabriz.— {Schindler.)
SAIFAT’ALA—
A village in Persian Kurdistan, near Mik.— {Rich.) A village in Kurdis
tan on the right of the Tabriz- Sinneh road, 14 miles from the latter.—
{Morier.)
N. B.—This name originally was Saif-ut-ta’ala]probably i.e., Sword of the Most Hi^h.
SAIHAS VALLEY—
A valley in Kirmanshah about 47 miles south by west of Kirmanshah
city. The roads thence to Baghdad via Mandall and to Sar-i-Pul via
Kifraur pass through it. It is level in places, but in others much divided
up by low hills. The surrounding hills, as well as parts of the valley, are
well wooded, chiefly with dwarf oak. It is well watered and has excel
lent grazing during the summer months. Its elevation is about 4,700
feet. It forms the summer quarters of a portion of the Qasim Khani
Kalhur Kurds, Chief, Namdar Khan. They number 300 tents ; the other
portion of this branch of the Kalhurs camp in the Tirao valley immediately
adjoining this one to the north. The plain is inhabited from April to the
end of September. In winter it is deep in snow. Its elevation is
about 5,100 feet.— {Vaughan.) Babino calls it Saiyid Hayyas.
SAILAB—
A village in Azarbaijan, 9 miles south of Gtigan.—-{Schindler.)
SA’lN KALEH—
A village of 100 houses, in northern Kurdistan, on the road between
Tabriz and Kirmanshah. The fort commands the village ; it stands on
a high natural mound, and is strongly built, but without water.—(Vc^'er.)
A village 60£ miles from Kazvln by the post road to Tabriz. Eleva
tion, 5,580'.
It is surrounded by a mud wall and situated in a fertile, well-cultivated
plain.— {Schindler.)
SAIR—
A village in Azarbaijan, a few miles south of Urumieh, from which nearly
the whole of the plain of Urumieh {q.v.) can be seen.
SAIYID MAHALLA—
A village in Mazandaran, 7^ miles east of Barfarush, on the road to
Astarabad. Water and supplies are procurable.— {Napier.)
SAIYID MUHAMMAD—
A village in a shingly plain, north-west of Yazd, and a few miles south
east of Agda.— {Floyer.)