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SIR—SARAB
SAR—
A small village, 19| miles from Tabriz on the road to Majambar (q.v.).—
{Schindler.)
SARAB (1)—
A town of about 300 houses, situated on the borders of the desert. It
is north of Nam and east of Ardistan, and not far from the well populated
and water-bearing range of hills, which abut on the desert between those
two places. It is the residence of the chief of an Arab tribe known as
the Sarab Arabs. The father of the present chief was the Sahham-us-
Saltaneh and for some time the Governor of Yazd. He died a few years
ago, and it is not known whether his son bears the title or not.
The Sarab Arabs are to be found as far as tlm Kuh Zara van, and are
met in great numbers between Anarak and Kashaa, where th y graze
their, camels and flocks of sheep and goats. Th iy also frequent th ; south
ern slopes of the Kuh Fashark and the neighbouring range. They are
said to be great robbers, and- arly in 1890 they surprised a party of men
who were escorting several thousand tumdns when in the sandhills between
Zarln and Hajiabad, and carried off the whole amount. They also are
said to have recently loot d some caravans m ar the Slab Kuh. But as
far as my personal experience goes, I always found them quiet and
civil.
The tribe own, it is said, 15,000 camels, 10,000 sheep, 20,000 goats
and can muster 400 mounted armed men, and a considerably larger force
on foot.
The principal towns belonging to the Sarab Arabs are said to be
Sarab
Seringabad
Zorawar ..
Mahabad
300 houses.
30 „
50 „
700 „
Chah Badam is on the boundary line between the Sarab and Kashan
districts.— (Vaughan, 1890.)
SARAB (2)—
A village in Azarbaijan, 80 miles east of Tabriz, on the road to Ardablb
There is a Persian telegraph station here on the Tabrlz-Ardabll line.
It is described as a pleasant animated village, having large gardens about it
enclosed by high walls. It has some medicinal springs. It is situated in
a wide plain. Water and supplies are obtainable.— {Fraser; Thielmann.)
SARAB (3)—Kirmanshah or Baladeh.
The gorge to the south of the plain of Kirmanshah, which is covered
principally with gardens, is known as the Sarab and is divided into the fol
lowing villages:—
Sarab-S’ald, Sarab-Hamateh and Sarab-Kambar. Altogether Sarab
numbers 500 families known under the name of Sarabl or Saravl. The
Sarabls are under the jurisdiction of Sharif Khan, Amin-ul-Mamalak.—
(Rabino, 1907.)