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SHAHH—SHAHR
SHAH HUSAIN—
A village in the Pusht-i-Darband district of Kirmanshah. The Ab-i-
Bazavar, rising here, flows over the Mahall-i-Zir Darband.—(P^owdew.)
SHAH!, also SHAHU—
A large peninsula jutting into Lake Urumieh in Azarbaijan, westward
from the direction of Tabriz. The land east of the peninsula is under water
in spring and the peninsula then becomes an island.—(£dwn<Per.)
SHAHlN—
A halting-place, 21 hours’ journey in five stages from Sinneh on the road
to Zuhab in Kirmanshah.— {Gerard.)
SHAHINl— See SHAlNl.
SHAHASPAN—
Also called Shah Isma’il, Shah Islam, Shirasvan, a village of 40 houses 9^
miles from Kazvin on the road to Tabriz.— {Schindler.)
SHAHKARAM—
A village, to the east of Isfahan, belonging to Kama (seven miles distant)
which supplies labour. There are seven pairs of oxen for the plough ;
thirty kharw~,rs (19,500 lbs.) of wheat and barley are sown yearly. Taxes
140 fwmdws.— {Preece, 1892.)
SHAH KlLEH—
Formerly the shipping port of Ashraf in Mazandaran. It was situated
on the shore of the Caspian, about 4 miles north-east of Kara Tappeh. The
ruins of the warehouses and yaravansarais erected here by Shah ’Abbas
are still visible.— {Holmes.)
SHAHMALIKl—
Stands at a bend on the right bank of the Gamaslab river near where it
debouches from the Hajlabad plain ; one mile to the north is the road from
Kirmanshah to Harsin. There are some fruit trees, groves of poplars and
many willow trees on the river bank. The plain is well cultivated and
holds good grazing. Large flocks of sheep are kept. No wood in the
vicinity, adjacent mountains being bare of trees.— {Burton.)
SHAHMHtZAD—
A village a few miles north of Samnan and capital of district of the same
name.
SHAHKABAD —
A village with some cultivation, about 3 miles short of Aqda, on the road
from Isfahan to Yazd.— {E. Smith.)
SHAHRAGlN—
A large village surrounded by high hills, 46 miles north-west of Nam
on the road to Kashan. There is a dilapidated caravansarai of the time
of Shah ’Abbas here.— {Gibbons ; Gasteiger Khan.)