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SHALGEHlBUZURG— Lat. 32° 16' N.j Long. 48° 32'E. ; Elev.
A village in Northern 'Arabistan, 12 miles south-south-east of Dizful.
It contains 55 houses and a foil, and is inhabited by Kurds, DizfuUs, and
Bakhtiari of the agricultural class. It musters a fighting strength of 200
men with 14 rifles.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHALGEHl KGCHAK— Lat. 32° 16' N.; Long. 48° 32' E.; Elev.
A village in Northern 'Arabistan, 600 yards from Shalgehi Buzurg. It
contains 22 houses and a fort, and is inhabited by Bakhtiari cultivators.
The village musters 50 fighting men with 5 rifles.—(Pemarc Gulf Gazetteer,
1908.)
SHALIKUSH— Elev. 5,250'.
A village on the road from Kirmanshah to Deh Bala, about 51 miles
south-west of Kirmanshah. Occupied by about 50 I Hats. Belongs to
Mahmud Khan. Water scarce from a small spring near the tents. Sup
plies obtainable in small quantities from the tents.—{Rankinff, 1909.)
SIIAL1L— Lat. 31° 45' N. ; Long. 50° 33' E. ; Elev. 5,500'.
A caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). in the Bakhtiari country. It marks the 8th stage from
Isfahan (138 miles) of the Bakhtiari caravan road, and stands on the lett
bank of a stream of the same name, at a point about 2 miles above its junc
tion with the Ab-i-Bazuft at Pul-i-'Amarat. The caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). stands 40U
feet above the Ab-i-Bazuft. It is built of rubble masonry and there are
about 40 square yards of rooms, walls and stables, lo feet high, roofed with
heavy chinar beams. On the hill-sides are limestone rocks which are burnt
for lime at the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). . The accommodation in the serai is very
restricted, but there are several good camping-grounds between it and the
bridge at Pul-i-'Amarat, the nearest being a narrow strip on the left bank
of the stream from the serai to 400 yards and upwards. There is no source
of supplies immediately at hand, the result being that this mravanserai
is usually very badly provided. Supplies come from the Bazuft valley.
The retail selling price per Shahi man of 13 lbs. in October and November,
1906 was—for barley P50 krans, bhusd 50 brans, and bread 2 , 50 brans.
The stream is about 20 feet wide and fordable opposite the serai. Tem
perature in and out of doors on 6th August, 84° to 100°.
The Shalil plateau is about 4 ^ miles east of the serai and has a large area
of rice cultivation and many irrigation channels.— [Burton, 1903—Ar but knot,
1905 — Lorimer, 1906.)
SHALIL, AB-I—
A small stream in the Bakhtiari country, rising from the southern spurs of
the Garreh mountain. In a course of some 10 miles at most, it first flows m
a southerly direction, but makes a sharp bend almost due west at a point
about 2 miles before it reaches the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , to which it has given i s
name and about 4 miles before it is lost in the waters of the Ab-i-Bazutt,
at the Pul-i-'Amarat. There is a small village of the same name near i s
source and a few habitations at its bend to the west— [Arbuthnot, 190o.)
SHALLAR-I-AB on AB-I-SHIMBAR—
A considerable stream rising in the mountains of Luristan to the north
west of the Kuh-i-Safid. It flows through the valley of the same name