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879
Grey shirting, No. 1 .—Forty Jcrans per piece of 42 yards. jq qqq
Grey shirting, thin. —Twenty-five krdns per piece of 42 yards. J pieces.
Manchester cotton twill. —Twenty-two krdns, piece of 24 yards. g qqq
Manchester cotton twill .—Eighteen krdns, piece of 24 yards. ) 10 000
Muslin —Eight shdhis a yard, 1,000 pieces of 42 yards.
Turkey red. —Forty-five krdns per p i ‘ec ; of 50 yards, 200 pieces.
C Thirty hanks ) 24 krdns
Yarns .— ■ < [-per 10 ft. £ 10,000 ft.
( Twenty hanks _) 20 krdns )
Indigo. —Khairpur, at 35 krdns per batman.
Sirjan also imports cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, coffee, cardamums, coppe
and iron sheets, steel, solder, salamoniae, sugar-candy, kopra, dates an
salt.— [Na'pier, 1899 — Sykes, 1902-03 — Newcomen, 1905.)
SIRKANI —Lat. Lon©. Elev. 5,550k
A valley in the Pish Kuh district of Luristan, just beyond the Kirman-
shah-Luristan frontier and about 40 miles south-west of Kirmanshah
town, on the road to Khurramabad. The valley is irrigated by a good
stream and many springs, and in summer, patches of cultivation and clus
ters of the black tents of the Lurs are met with. There is then good graz
ing, and flocks of sheep and goats, and occasional herds of cattle, are soen.
Scattered supplies from nomad tents in the summer onlv. No fuel.
(Burton, August 1897.)
SIR VAN—
A river of western Luristan, flowing in a south-easterly direction from
the hills of south tf Zuhab towards Dizful. The ruins of the same lie
across the river west of Hulllan.— (Rawlinson.)
SISAKHT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Fars, about half-way between Behbehan and Qumisheh
(Wells.)
SlSTAN— Lat. 28° 29' N. Long. 53° 12' E. Elev.
A village in Fars passed at 56| miles from Firuzabad on the road thence
to Jehrum. It lies about 4 miles south of, and is visible from, the road.
— (Stotherd, 1893).
SITAGUN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Faridan division of the Isfahan province, a couple of
miles south-west of Nimagird, at the foot of the Akdash- —(Schindler .)
SITAMABAD—
A village on the Bushire peninsula (g.v.).
SITATLEH—
A sub-division of the Bani Turuf (q.v.).
SlYAND— Lat. 30° 4' N. Long. 52° 58' E. Elev. 5,600'.
A village in the Khafrak division of the province of Fars, on the Shiraz-
Isfahan post-road ; on the 4th caravan and post stage, and 62 miles from
Shiraz. It is situated on the slopes of the high rocky hills, enclosing the