'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎277r] (558/988)

SHAMSABAD (5)— Lat. 31° 10' N. ; Long. 53° 23' E. • Elev.
A village on the eastern borders of Ears in the Abrquh district, 4 miles
north-east of Abrquh town. It is surrounded by walled cultivation which
on the north-east extends for 2 miles. Plentiful and good water is obtain
ed from qanats in the winter, but in the summer it becomes scant and salt. 1
Fair supplies are procurable, but fuel is scarce.— {MaeGYeqor-'-Newcomen,
1906.)
SHAMSABAD (6)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the distiict of Yazd, lying in the sandy plain to the south
of the Palangan range. It is one of the five villages in this plain, vide this
Gazetteer-^-Ta jun g. -— ( Vanyhan, 1890.)
SHAMA^ABAD (7) —
A small village iti Fats 16 miles west of 'AHabad on the road form that
place to Zaru.— {Howe, 1906.)
SHAMSABAD-I-TARHT— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Marvdasht plain, north-east of Shiraz, 5 miles from
Kinareh. This is probably the Shamsabad of MacGregor*—(Preeee, 1892.)
SHAMSANGI— Elev. 2,150' {approx.)
A ruined serai and 4 ruined cisterns (all dry in March 1907), half-way
between Baha-ud-Din and Chehar Birkeh, on the Bandar Abbas-Lar road.
No population.— (Wilson and Cruickshank, 1906.)
SHAMSARAN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Northern Fars, 19 miles south-east of Qishlaq, on the road
from Isfahan to Shiraz.—
SHAMSHAB GORGE—
Is a huge crack in the Charmin mountain, at the lower end of Zanga-
var valley of the Pusht-i-Kuh of Luristan. Through it flows the water
of the Zangavar stream and joins the river Saimarreh above the Saza-bin
gorge. No path traverses it, and the cliffs rise sheer from the water's edge.
(Also see Bawlinson, Vol. IX, Geographical Journal) —{B.)
SHAMS-UL-'ARAB— Lat. Long. Elev.
A stream in the Behbehan district of Fars, which winds its course
through the hills in a south-westerly direction. It bounds the Alishtar
plain on the south-east, supplying good water. The stream is crossed
between Khairabad and Du Gumbazan on the road to Shiraz.— [HeBode
Wells — Baring.)
SHAM A'UN— Lat. 32° 45' N.; Long. 48° 30' E.; Elev.
A village in Northern 'Arabistan, 2 miles east of Kut-'Abd-ush-Shah in the
Dizful district. It contains 50 houses and a small fort and has a population
of agricultural Lurs, who muster 100 unmounted and 400 mounted fighting
men with 14 rifles. The lands are irrigated by the Ajirub. Here are three
mounds, locally called Chughehs, probably indicating old remains. They
are Chugheh Deh, Chugheh Ibrahim, and Nishan-i-'Aqab. There are also
three other smaller mounds, one of them called Tappeh 'Ali Salleh ba Sar