'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎273r] (550/706)

SANGA—SANGI
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SANGAE (1)—
A small village in Persian Kurdistan, some distance from the caravan
track between Sinneh and Sulaimanleh. It lies between Kaleh Ju and
Astarabad.— (T. C. Plowden.)
SANGAE (2)—r
A village in Gilan, 9 to 10 miles from Easht on the road thence to Kazvm.
At its northern extremity is the Doshanbeh Bazar (q.v.). It has a good
little sarai. Abundant fuel, water and forage procurable.— (MacGregor ;
Schindler.) Sangar is the name of the spot on which stands the present
Doshanbeh bazar. The village is named Eudvurdch.— (Rabino.)
SANGAEABAD or SUNGAEABAD—
A village of 20 houses, half a mile to the right of the road to Tabriz 22£
miles north of Kirmanshah in that province.
SANGAE-I-NADIEI—
A mound in Kirmanshah passed by the Tabrlz-Kirmanshah road, one
mile short of Bisitun.— (Napier.)
SANGASAE— _ f 0
A large village, 3,000 inhabitants, in the Shah Mirzad district of Samnan.
—(Stal.)
SANGAVAE—Elev. 4,130'.
A village in AzarbaTjan, of about 100 houses, two stages south-east of
Ardabil, on the road to Zinjan, situated on a river of the same name ; a good
deal of pasture land and cultivation.—(/Sarre.)
An Armenian village in the Faridan division of the Isfahan province,
between the Kuh-i-Khushkehrud and the Kuh-i-Dizek, 15 miles from Mma-
gird.— (Schindler.)
SANGl or KAEVANSAEAl-I-SANGl—
A ruined caravansarai 31 miles from Tehran on the road to Hamadan.
It is built of stone (sang) ; hence the name. It has seven towers one at each
anale of the square and one between the three sides ; on the fourth side is the
gateway. In the centre of the courtyard stands a square building with four
rooms • on each side of the square are six small and one large room and
in each corner a circular vaulted room for stabling Over the gateway are
three rooms. It is said to be a foundation of Anushirvan, one of the
Sassanian kings. The place is in bad repute, and there are many
stories of travellers having been murdered near it by members of the
Zargar tribe camping in the hills to the north. A little less than 2 mde.
to the west is a ruined bridge leading over the Ab-i-Shur (salt river),
which flows to the south-east—(Sc/mwWer.)
SAN A village about 1 farsakh from Samnan, 28| miles beyond Firuzkfih
on the road from Tehran to Shahrud by that place.. Has cultivation and
pastures.— (A apier.)