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SIHCH— _
A village in. tlie AlgliGr sub-division of tlie Kaln district of Khorasan.
[Bellew.)
SIJ— Lat. 31> 0 46' 40*. Long. 59° 44' 0".—{Napier}.
A village in Khorasan, about 35 (Napier says 44) mites north, of
Meshed, and a little east of the road to Kalat-i-Nadiii. It would afford
a good site for the encampment of a force proceeding by this route, as
there is abundance of water and fuel, and some forage. The village contains
TO families of Turks, who own 100 cattle and 200 sheep and goats. The
normal annual production of wheat and barley amounts to 2,800 and
3,200 Indian maunds, respectively.—(Mac^regror, Orttnoffsky, 1894.).
8IK AND ARAB AD—
A village in the Turbat-irHaidarl sub-division of the same district of. Kho-
rasan.— {Bellew.)
SIKANREH—
A village in northern Khorasan, about 25 miles from Khchan, on the
road to Bujnurd. It is situated under the hills that border the route.
{MacGregor.)
SIKAR—
A village in Khorasan, 46 miles from Khaf, on the road to Yazd. It is
a fine village, and is famous for the almonds it produces.—(C/?m^e.)
SILUGLl or SILUKLl— Lat. 38° 8' 0". Long. 57° 5' 0\
A plateau in northern Khorasan on the borders of the Atak. {Intelli
gence Division, War Office.)
SIMALQAN (No. 1) (District)—Lat. 37^22' 30". Long. 56° 42' {Walker.)
A district of Khcrasan, situated some 30 miles west of Emjnurd, to which
it belongs. It is well watered by two streams from the Aleh Dagh range r
which unite at ’Aishkhaneh and then flow into the Atrak farther north.
The valley has 13 villages, with an aggregate of some 700 or 800 families
of Shadillu Kurds, under the charge of a Deputy Governor appointed by
the Chief of Bujnurd.— {C. E. Yate y 1894.)
SIMALQAN (No. 2) (Village)—
A large village with water and supplies, 20 miles east ot Bujnhrd.—
{Barnes MacGregor ; Napier.}
SIMlABAD—
A village in the Zava sub-division of the Turbat-i-Haidari district,
Khorasan.— {Bellew.)
SIMRUGHAB—
A village of Khorasan,-north-west of Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam, near Qalan-
darabad.— {KhaniJcofJ.)
SINJl—
An affluent of the Glfan, flowing through a valley filled with settle
ments of Kuchan Kurds. It flows southward from the Kupeh Dagh
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