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SALAVAtIbAD—
A village on the Kizil Uzun river, in Garus, where the Talvar river joins
it (1902). A fort and village, If mile to the L ft of the Tabriz-Kirmanshah
road where it crosses the Kizil Uzun river, Kizil Bulagh and Khusruabad.—
(Napier.)
SALIAB—
A village 8 miles south of Saqqiz in Kurdistan, on the road to Kirmanshah.
SALTAN (1)—
A village 15 miles from Tehran on the road to Saveli.— (Abbott.)
SALlAN (2)— Elev. 4,200'.
(This name is pronounced Sallun.) A village about 17 miles from Qum
on the road to Burujird, via Sultanabad. Two sarais surrounded by walls,
all of mud ; a garden and a few fields of wheat, irrigated by a plentiful
stream, is the only cultivation. The third stage from Sultanabad.— (Bell ;
Schindler.)
SALlAN (3)— Elev. 7,403' called Zaleon by Preece.
Pronounced Sallun. A village of some 200 houses, 20 miles from Buru
jird on the road to Sultanabad. It is the frontier place between the
Kazzaz and Burujird districts and consists of two walled portions called
Kaleh. The houses are of mud, but rooms larger and airier than usual.
Population 750.
Every other man is marked with small-pox, which is very prevalent at
times. Snow is said to lie 6 to 7 feet deep at times ; the road about here
is usually closed for one month in midwinter owing to snow.
It belongs to the S’ad-ud-Dowleh, owns 90 pairs of plough oxen, and
is watered by 4 kandts and a stream. 1,000 lbs. of grain sown annually,
150 carpet looms, the people of Salian and surrounding villages are all
largely employed in carpet weaving.— (Bell ; Schindler ; Preece.)
SALIAN-BALA and SALIAN-I-PAIN—
Upper and lower Salian, two villages in the Garmrud district of Azar-
baijan. Lower Salian lies a mile to the right of the road from Mlaneh
to Tabriz and 29f miles from the former place. Upper Salian a few miles
further to the north.— (Schindler.)
SALIHABAD—
A village of some 80 houses, the first stage on the road from Hamadan
to Sinneh .—(Inzar Gul, 1910.)
SALIHSHAMGUN—
A village in ’Iraq, 25 miles south-west of Qum, on the road to Burujird.
— (Schindler.)
salmanabad—
A village 52 miles south of Tehran, on the road to Hamadan, a few miles
south-west of Pik.— (Schindler.)
SALMANKANDl—
A village in the Khudabandehlu sub-district of Khamseh, west of Sulta-
nieh.— (Schindler.)