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of reeds with thatched roofs. The Sangar people are nearly all armed
with “ Berdankes ” or “ Berdan ” rifles, which they purchase from
Armenian traders, who are constantly pervading the country. Besides
arms and ammunition, they sell cloth and prints. They purchase
cattle and marten skins. The latter are very fine, and sell for from 5 to
10 hrdns a-piece. They are procured in all the forests in these hills. 'The
Gumbad-i-Kabus bears 275° from here, distant about 6 or 8 miles.—
(MacLean.)
SANGBAST (No. 1)—Lat. 36° O' 3" ; Long. 59° 49' John.)
A village in the Meshed district of Khorasan, 22 miles south-east
of Meshed, on the main caravan road to Herat. There was formerly a
city here, and the walls of the present village are of burnt brick taken
from the old city, and are about 20 feet high. The village is square,
with gates at the north and south sides, and is the property of the
Malik-ut-Tujjar of Tehran.
It is populated by some 50 families of Yazdis and Kirmanis, and is
well supplied with water from 4 karizes. The inhabitants possess some
80 cattle and 200 sheep and goats. There is a considerable amount of culti
vation in the neighbourhood, and in ordinary years t he production of wheat
and barley (f wheat, % barley) amounts to about 1,500 Indian maunds.
The interest of Sangbast centres in a ruined dome and a perfect column,
built of burnt brick ; round the top of the latter is a Cufic inscrip
tion.— {MacGregor ; Wanliss, 1903 ; Sykes, 1905.)
SANGBAST (No. 2) (Sub-Division)—
See Nasiria.
SANGl (No. 1)— Lat. 36° 10' 35"; Long. 58° 14' 0".—(Napier.)
A village in the district of Sabzawar, Khorasnn, on the road from Sabza-
war to Nishapur, and 34 miles from the former town. It is a village of
60 houses, and has some good springs of fresh water near. There is
a fort he.e, called Kaleh Dar, and a brick serai. — (Goldsmid ; Bellew.)
SANG-I-ATISH—
A small village in the Sar-i-Jam huluk of the Meshed district in Kho
rasan, near Maragheh, about 17 miles from Havas, 15 mi es from
Baz-i-Hauz-i-Bala and 33 miles from Meshed. Both Sa ig-i-Atish and
Maragheh belong to the Prince Rukn-ud-Dauleh, brother of Nai r-ud-Lin
Shah, and contai i about 100 families of Barbari settlers and cultivators.
Supplies scarce. Water good, from a spring.— (Mania Bakhsh.)
SANG-I-DUKHTAR—
A place under the Khaf range of Khorasan near Dushakh.— (MacGregor.)
SANG-I-KHASH or SANG-I-KHUAST—
See Sangkhuast
SANG-I-KILIDAR or QILIDAR—
A village in Khorasan, 32 miles east of Sabzawar, with 60 houses.
The high road to Meshed formerly passed through Sang-i-Kilidar and