'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎341v] (703/820)

Chashmeh-i-’AlI, distant 26| miles, joins it at the gorge of the glen. The glen
has a width of about 2 miles, and is watered by the Asp-u-Nizeh stream.
SAVARABAD—
A village of 50 houses in the Juvain plain, about 18 miles from
Jaghatai.— (Schindler.)
SAVlS—
See Saviz.
SAVIZ or SAYAS—
A village in Khorasan, belonging to the Mazinan sub-district of Sabzawar,
and about 2 or 3 miles from Mazinan on the road to Shahrud. It has 50
houses, and gives 10 tufangchis towards the 200 of the district.— (Schindler.)
The village lies on the edge of the desert and is watered by a fine qandt.
— (Napier.)
SEH AKURl or sehkuri—
A castellated hamlet in the Nimbuluk sub-division of the Kaln district
of Khorasan, 6 miles from Dasht-i-Piaz, on the road to Kakh. It has
20 houses and a tank fed by a stream. It is 970 feet higher than Dasht-i-
Piaz.— (Bellew.)
SEHAN—
A halting-place in Khorasan, 53 miles north-east of Birjand, on the road
to Ghurian by Chahrakhts (Shahrakht).— (MacGregor.)
SEHDEH (No. 1) (Valley) or JULGAH-I-SEHDEH—
A plain in a fertile valley in Khorasan in the district of Kain. The
extent of cultivation in this valley and the population are far in excess of
what might be supposed on merely passing through it by the road bet
ween Birjand and Kain. The fact is, that the villages are concealed
from view in the secluded nooks and glens of the hills around, each of
them having its own farmsteads and hamlets, with vineyards and fruit
gardens. The fruits produced are plum, apricot, jujube, apple, peach,
almond, mulberry, etc. The chief crops are wheat and barley, the soil
being light and gravelly ; and the common vegetables are carrots, turnips,
onions, beet, cabbages, etc.
In summer the hill pastures are resorted to by nomads with their flocks
of goats and sheep and herds of camels. The hills abound in game, such
as the ‘ markhor’ and ‘ ibex’ (both species of wild goat) and the wild sheep.
The leopard, hysena, and wolf are also found in them, but not the bear.
The country generally is devoid of trees, but supports an abundant growth
of pasture, plants, and bushes suitable for fuel The surface is covered
with wormwood and a dwarf, yellow rose with dark purple centre, called,
‘ khalura,' which affords good pasture for cattle. Very superior carpets
are manufactured in this district.— (Beltew.) , v ...