"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٤] (٧٠٦/٥٥٢)

SAQQIZ
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SAQQIZ (Kiver).— . .
Is a fairly large stream about 25 yards wide, but so much water is carne
off for mills and irrigation channels, that it can be forded anywhere. Ih
town of the same name is situated on it.
SAQQIZ (town)— Lat. 36° 14'; Long. 46° 21'. Elev. 5,075'.
The chief town and seat of government of the buluh of the same name,
about 75 miles north-north-west of Sinandij on a nver which rises at the
village Galandar 4 jarsakhs south-west and joins tlie Jhagluitu j
from the town. The population of the town is from 1,500 t0 20 > 0 0° ^” d3 ’
with a few Persian and Jew traders. It has 12 mosques, 4 public; baths, the
principal one is Jama’ founded by the late Majid Khan, a son of Muhammad
’Ali Khan, a former governor. There are three caravansarais and a good
l[)El7£l3»r • • • •
There used to be a fine building for the Governor, but it is now m rums.
It was Government pr petty and the descendants of former Governors carried
off the woodwork and masonry for the construction of their private residen
ces The people of Saqqiz are very hospitable and fairly civilised and having
discarded the national costume clothe themselves like the people of Sinandij.
Manv of the women are exceedingly good-looking, handsome, and well b -
There are some gun-smiths in the town, who make breech-load,ng rifles
resembling Martfni-Henry and taking Wemdl cartridges (probabty pmW
from government stores). These rifles cost from 12 *o 70 tumam each
(£12) 8 There is a quarrv of soft building-stone near the town ; this stone
is cut into large slabs and columns and turns hard afterwards.
There are 300 sowars in the place and 100 muzzle-loading rifles. T e
bazaar contains 40 shops. Jews are more numerous than Armenians. The
»re almost all Kurds, and speak the Kurdistan language. A few
Turks are also to be met with. Goods are imported. The exports consist
mainly of tobacco, which is produced here in great abundance. Horses
are vjry cheap, the prices varying from sums equal to Rs. 60 to 1B0 -
The inhabitants are chiefly Sunnis, with a small proportion of Shiahs.
Jews are very rich here. _ , f n „ .
From Saqqiz the route to Kirmanshah is as follows .
Farsakhs. Miles.
Saqqiz to Lalich
Mirza Miranshah
Diwandara
Baklama
Sinneh ..
Chernu . •
Kamiram
Kirmanshah
2
4
6
6
6
5
8
8
7
14
21
21
21
17f
28
28
(Rich; Napier; Gerard ; Yusuf Sharif; Schindler, 1910.)
For further information see Rabino’s “ Report on Kurdistan, 1911.”