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SAI-SAI
the junction of the Garm Aslab and Kara Su rivers its course, though
winding, is generally southerly for nearly 100 miles. At 24 miles it
passes Ziarat Mukhalan, on the left bank and at 55 miles Hulllan on the
same bank ; up to this point it may be taken to form the boundary bet
ween the two provinces of Kirmanshah and Luristan, which latter it now
enters. At 85 miles it enters the Rudbar district, and 10 miles lower
down its waters are increased by the considerable stream which bears that
name and runs into it from the north-west, which course the main
stream also assumes. In this district it receives a large number of small
tributaries on either bank. At 108 miles it passes Ruari Lialeh on the left
bank, and running in a south-easterly direction along the foot
of the northern slopes of the mighty Kabir Kuh range, with the Kuh-i-
Dalijeh facing, it shortly enters the Saimarreh valley {q.v. ). At 130
miles it passes the ruins of an ancient town of that name on its right bank.
Besides the many small streams which it continues to receive on either
bank, the Ab-i-Ulvan flows into it on the right bank at 142 miles. Some
7 miles farther down, it receives from the north the Kashgan or Madian Rud,
its most considerable addition since the Rudbar. One mile further down,
or at 160 miles, it is spanned by the Pul-i-Gav Mishan, over which passes
the direct road from Shapur Khast to Saimarreh. Continuing, the river is
joined at 172 miles on its left bank by the Ab-i-Fani, which has lately emerg
ed from the Tang of the same name, while in the angle formed by its junc
tion is situated the village of Bagh-i-Khan. Flowing on through the pas
ture-land of Chaman-i-Gaz, it receives the waters of the Ab-i-Garm from
the north some 8 miles lower down. At 190 miles, or 10 miles farther on,
it is crossed by the Pul-i-Tang, and in a farther course of 15 miles, or a
total length of some 205 miles by its windings, it merges with the waters
of the Ab-i-Zal, flowing into it from the north-east, and loses its identity
under the name of Saimarreh. Hence forward it becomes the Karkheh,
for description of which vide this Gazetteer.—[Schindler Rabino Arbuth-
not, 1905.)
SAIMARREH (Vallev)—
A fertile plain in Luristan watered by the river Saimarreh, which is an
upper reach of the Karkhoh river. It extends north-west and south-east
for 40 miles, from Ruari Lialeh in the north-west to, roughly, Pul-i-Gav Mi
shan in the south-east, and varies from 5 to 10 miles in breadth between
the Kabir Kuh and the river. Geographically considered it is included
in Pusht-i-Kuh, but is now one of the frontier districts of Pish Kuh.
It is cultivated bythe’Amareh division of Pish Kuh. and also affords
winter pasturage for many other tribes of Luristan. In the valley lie the
ruins of the ancient city of Saimarreh. The river is crossed about | mile
above the village of Rudbar, 93 miles west of Khurramabad on the road
to Deh Bala, by a ford girth-deep on a horse. It is here 80 yards broad,
with bed and banks firm, and of an easy gradient.— (Rawlinson—Schindler
— Burton — September, 1897— Rabino, 1905.)
SAIYIDlBAD— Lat. Long.
A place near Furg in Fars.
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