'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎235v] (475/988)

855 SAF—SAG
and town of Khurramabad. Its southern aspect towards the Pusht-i-Kuh
road from the town presents a wall of cliffs, with an occasional rocky spur
running down to the road. Eight miles west of the town it passes north
of the Yafteh mountain, and farther on appears in tremendous cliffs and
pinnacles of sheer rock to the north of the road. It contains a large amount
of wood and grass throughout. Just to the east of its highest point it
is crossed by a road practicable for Lur pack animals fiom the Chigini plain
to Alishtar.— {Burton)
SAPID (KUH-I-) — Elbv . 12,000' (?).
A mountain in the Bakhtiari country, which, with its many spurs, devides
the Bazuft valley, running north to south, and the Karun valley, running
south to north-east. A section of the Bakhtiari caravan road, on its 10th
stage from Isfahan, between miles 160 and 167 runs along the southern
slopes of its spur. The Karun river, later, after the I ul-i-Shalu, and
between the 225th and 250th miles of its course, winds through the deep
gorges and ravines formed by the precipitous cliffs of this mountain on its
right bank.— (Morton, 1905 — Arbuthnot, 1905)
SAFI KHANI—
A clan of the Qashqai Illdts of Fars._ They are localized from Nasar, nea r
Kuh Pir, to Ju Khalih. They approximate 600 families, and keep about
100 mules, but no herds.— (Ross)
SAFIL, oe SAFAIN— Lat. 26° 33' N.; Long. 53° 59' E.; Elev.
A small village injthe island of dais, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in a date-grove, with a
round tower at each end. It contains about 100 houses and the inhabitants
are fishermen and cultivators. It is situated on the northern coast, 4 miles
west of Deh. There are 20 fishing-boats.— {Constable — Stiffe-—Version
Gulf Filot—Persian Gulf Gazetteer , 1908)
SAFIR DIVEH—
A camping-ground on the Gardan-i-Gav pass in the Bakhtiari country,
with good water. There ate flour mills in its proximity.— {Sawyer, 1890)
SAFREH (1) —
A small canal in the Fallahieh district of southern 'Arabistan on the right
bank of the river Jarrahi, with which it is connected. I tirrigates 38 faddant
of country cultivated by KaT Erls and A1 Bu Suf, who grow wheat and
barley.— (Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905)
SAFREH (2) —
A canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern ’Arabistan, on the left bank
of the river Jarrahi with which it is connected. This canal waters 30 fad-
dans .— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908)
SAGDAVAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village, about 21 miles from Mubarakabad, Ears, towards Firuzabad.
It is 30 miles west of Jehrum.— {Abbott)