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Supplies procurable ; water plentiful. Firewood scarce. Camping ground
good.
There are about 600 sheep and goats.— (Vaughan, 1890.)
SHAHU (contraction of Shah Kuh)—
The chain beigns at the village of Darian in the Avroman Lahun huluk of
Kurdistan and runs in a south-east direction to Kirmanshah and beyond it.
Near Kirmanshah it is called Purau, i.e. full of water. The range contains
a number of wells or holes about 40 zar (140 feet) in depth. In Juanrud these
holes are called Nur and in some of them live some white worms which
people collect and dry and use for cooling their drinks in summer.
Only experienced climbers can go down these holes in safety. The late
Mirza ’Ali Akbar Vakai’h-nigar has stated that this mountain was
a volcano cjuiescent at present, but sure to become active again. There are,
however, no signs of it having been a volcano. Among the trees growing
on the hillside there are wild almonds and pears (1902).
SHAHVARDl—
Also pronounced Shoirdi, and Shahberdi, Shahordi.
A fine large village in the Faridan district, 10 miles north-west of Khdi-
gan, on the road from Isfahan to Burujird, 111 miles from the former.—
(Schindler.)
SHAHVARDl KUH—
A range of hills running parallel to the Ahar Chai branch of the Kara Su
river. (Vide Azarbaljan.)
S11AHZAD— Lat. 36° IS'; Long. 51° 28 / . Elev. 12,000 .
A mountain of Mazandaran, between the Chains and Nur rivers, about
40 miles north by east of Tehran.—(Lovetf.)
SHAHZAlD— Lat. 36° 15' 0"; Long. 52' 20' 0\—(Walker.)
A village in Mazandaran, on the river Harhaz, in the Elburz mountains
about a day’s march south of Amul, to which town there is a track suit
able for horses, etc., but no road. It stands on a hill top about 500 above
the road and a mde back from it. Its houses are stone-built shingle-roofed
structures. There is a poor caravansarai much out of repair below.—(»S ack ;
Baker \ Schindler.)
SHAIKH AHMAD—
A village in southern Azarbaijan, 55 miles south by south-east of Uru-
mieh, on the road to Sauj-Bulagh, distant 33 miles. It consists of 50
or 60 mud huts in a valley, about 5 miles wide, where there are large
flocks, as well as cultivation.—(Gerard.)
SHAIKH ATTAR— Lat. 35° 35' 4"; Long. 46° 35'. Elev. 5,750 .
A village in the district of Marivan, Persian Kurdistan, near the foot
of the Garan pass. It is a wretched collection of some twenty poverty-
stricken hovels, 21 miles east of Marivan.— (T . C. Plowden ; Gerard.)