'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎278r] (560/706)

SAR-I-PUL-ZUHAB— Elev. 2,080'.
A detachment of field artillery with 3 guns is said to be stationed here,
as also some cavalry and infantry. It is, however, doubtful whether they
exist, the guns (brass) are here for certain, but the carriages are in the
last state of dilapidation. A “ Sarhadi ” who is in charge of this portion
of the Perso-Turkish Frontier resides in the town.
The village is situated on the right bank of the Hulawan river near a
gap in a chain of high precipitous hills through which it passes ; the river
is about 30 yards broad, shallow and fordable, with a swift current of
clear fresh water, full of fish. The village is built on a portion of the site
of the ancient city of Hulawan, of which there are a number of remains about,
and there is a stone fort in a fair state of repair ; Kurds camp in the vicinity
and on the fertile expanse that stretches to some distance from its banks.
There is an abundance of good grazing about: sheep, firewood, wheat and
barley are procurable. Hot winds blow all night and up till nearly mid-day
from the south-east, during June. A road runs from here to Kut-ul-’Amarah
through the Kalhur Sardsir, 193 miles in length. Telegraph Office, Post
Office. There is a sarai, and a good bridge over the river, a plantation on the
right bank of the river forms a pleasant camping ground. For further de
tails see Babino’s “ Gazetteer of Kirmanshah” and article under Qasr-i-
Shirin.— (Vaughan.)
SAR-I-QAMISH (1)—
A stream in the Ujarud district of Azarbaijan ; its point of junction with
the Adinabazar Chai marks a point on the Perso-Russian boundary line.
The united stream is called the Bulgaru Chai.— (Holmes.)
SAR-I-QAMISH (2)—
A village in Persian Kurdistan, about 9 miles north of Sinneh. It is
large and has some fine vineyards round it.— (Rich.)
SARISHABAD—
A village of over a hundred houses, in the Mahall-i-Isfandabad, Kurdistan.
— (Napier.)
SARISHGAN—
A village in a ravine above Chalucha, whence flows a large brook that is
forded between Chigakhur and Shurab in the Chahar Mahall tract, west
of Isfahan in ’Iraq.— (Stack.)
SAR-I-SU—
A stream in the Maku district, north-west of Azarbaijan. It flows west,
and east into the Aras. It joins the Maku Chai_ near Parnak.— (MacGre
gor.)
SAR-I-SUL—
, Name of a range of mountains bounding the Burbarud pleateu crossed by
the road from Isfahan to Burujird.
SAR-I-TANG—
A valley in Mazandaran running north-west to south-east from Balalih (?)
to Fulad Muhalleh. —(Lovett.)