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40 houses and is watered by a stream; there is a fine grove of old willow
tre< s | acre in extent immediately above the village ; firewood procurable
in moderate quantities. Good grazing in the vicinity ; supplies : 50 cows,
30 donkeys, 800 sheep and goats. Troops can camp anywhere between
the village and the river.
Roads from here to Sinneh and Kirmanshah, distant 47 and 62 miles
respectively.—( V aughan .)
SHAlNI, SHAHlNl —
A village of Persian Kurdistan on the Sinneh-Juanrud road, distant 35
miles from S nneh, about 30 miles from Juanrud. It stands where the valley
opens out on to the ShainT plain, on both banks of an abundant stream.
The hills round are low, bare and of rounded outline. The Shaini valley
about the village is 4£ miles in length from the pass at its head; it is
throughout cultivated, the corn standing till the beginning of August;
the banks of the stream are lined with fine walnut trees in continuous
succession ; there are also a number of willows and some groves of fine
oaks. Below the village are a few vineyards and some copses of willow
and poplar. The pla n below stretches to the slopes of the Zarneh moun
tains in a southerly direction, with a width of 4£ miles, and is well culti
vated and grassy : it is drained by several streams flowing north-west
to the Shirvan river.
Shaini contains 200 houses : the inhabitants are Kurds owning over 2,000
I sheep and goats, also cattle : supplies are plentiful : wood Bom the ravine
above the village : room for camping on the plain below : ihe crops are cut
during July.—(Burton.)
SHAlNI PASS— Kiev. 2,280 b
Is crossed by the Sinneh-Juanrud road between the villages of Masan
and Shaini : the pass is a bare and grassy saddle on a ridge sloping
south-east to the spurs running along the south side of the Qulasara val
ley. The ascent from Masan is steep and toilsome, up a stony spur : to
wards Shami is only a short and easy descent to the ShamI valley. Im
mediately below the pass, also on the same side, are several springs of
water. From the summit, on a bearing of 153°, is visible the Bilawar
valley and far beyond the Parau mountain. The mountains round con
tain abundant grass, but are bare of trees—(Burton.)
SHAITAN AB AD—
A suburb of Khoi, in north-western Azarbaijan, about | mile east of
the town.— (Picot, 1894.)
SHAITUR (1)—
A halting-place, 10 miles west of Deh ’AH, on the road from Kuhbanan
to Yazd, on the south-east of that province.— (Stack.)
It is the easternmost village of the Bafk sub-district of Yazd.— (K.
Abbott.)
SHAIVAK—
A range of mountains in Azarbaijan, distant 8 miles north of the road
near Ahar proceeding east to Qishlaq and Talish.— (MacGregor's Routes.)