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from a kadamgdh adjoining it, where the saint is supposed to have appeared
carrying a basket on his head.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
SHANACHIR KUH— vide KARRAPl KtJH—
SHANGLTN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Luristan, 57 miles south-east of Burujird, on the road to
Isfahan, from which it is distant 155 miles. The Kamand Ah flows near it.
— {Schindler.)
SHANNEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the east shore of 'Abbadan Island. It contains 10 mud huts
and is inhabited by Bait Kana'an (Muhaisin).— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
SHAPUR or SHARPER— Lat. 29° 7' E; Long. 51° 38' N. ; Elev. 2,750'.
The ruins of an ancient city situated at the north-western extremity
of the plain of Kazarun, from which it is distant 15 miles, one-third of this
distance lying along the caravan road to the south, which can accordingly be
rejoined after a deviation to Shapur to view the ruins and inscriptions of
the ancient capital of King Shahpur. The halting-place consists of several
camps of Lurs, situated at the point where the Shapur river issues from the
hills on to the plain of Kazarun. The habitations consist of pieces of wood
and bushes, and there are about 100 families in the place belonging to the
Taiteh Dushman Ziarl of the Mammasanis. Firewood is very plentiful
here. On a low hill commanding the entrance to the Tang-i-Chakan
through which the river flows, stand the ruins of an old fort.
The villages round Shapur are in the hands and control of the Kashuli
Khans, who encamp on the banks above the Shapur river spring and
autumn. Similary the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). Khwaja Ibrahim, of the end of the
Tang-i-Turkan, is occupied by Kashkull tribesmen and others. The follow
ing villages are included in the district of Shapur :—
Busbakan.
Kaleh-i-Saiyid Nasir.
Fathabad.
Sa’adabad.
Kli udabad.
Sadrabad.
Kaleh-i-Hakim BashL
Tul-i-Kuhak.
Kaleh-i-Tabatabai.
In coming from the south, Kamarij is the best place from which to make
the excursion.
To see the ruins of Shapur. Following the telegraph poles along the
Kamarij road for a little over 5 miles, and then striking across the plain in
the direction of the north-westerly cliff wall, the track becomes involved in
a wilderness of tumuli, consisting of loose stones and broken down struc
tures, filling a circuit of several miles, at the base of the mountains. These
mounds rise to a height of 50 to 60 feet above the surrounding plain.
These are the ruins of the city of Shapur. Through the northern cliff cuts
the gorge of the Shahpur river, known as the Tang-i-Chakan, its sides being
a sheer rock face, in many parts of several hundred feet high. In the
wilderness of ruins that marks the site of the ancient city, few remains are
now capable of identification. The only ruin of any moment is that of a
building 50 feet square, one wall of which is still standing, though half
buried in the soil. In the very jaws of the gorge, on a spur of the south
east cliff, are the remains of an old castle. There is no doubt that this,
which is called the Kaleh-i-Dukhtar, is the remains of the ancient citadel.