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SARK—SARQ
SARKALEH (1).—Zuhab.
The plain of Sarkaleh north of the plain of Zuhab is the gdrmsn of the
2 branches of Jafs, who are under the Gurans. Rich speaks of a village
9 miles east of Zuhab in Kirmanshah on the road to Banikalan and Sulai-
manieh, but this village no more exists. There is a ruined fort in the plain.
The village was re-established by Shaikh Nizam-ud-din this year (1913).
It is now (1913) in the hands of Fath Beg, Walad Begi.— (Soane, 1913.)
SARKALEH (2)—
A defile in Mazandaran, 7 miles from Zirab, on the road from Tehran to
Sari. It is a very difficult ascent, up which animals cannot go without being
regularly dragged up.— (Ouseley.)
SARKASH—
A mountain in the Qasr-i-Shirin district, forming part of the southern
border of that district.— (Soane, 1911.)
SARKUH—
A mountain of Ardalan west of Takht-i-Sulaiman which is 35 miles
south-west of Sinneh.— (Gerard.)
SARLAK—
A sub-division of Japalaq ; it lies to the left of tl e Isfahln-Burujird road
from Chaman-i-Suitan about the Lar-i-Lak Kuh.— (Schindler.)
SARM—
A large village in the Vazkerud district of Qum, 10| miles south-east
of the town of Qum. It is situated on a fertile plain.— (Schindler.)
SAR-I-MlL—
A hamlet of 3 or 4 houses and a few grass huts containing prostitutes
8 miles north of Karind on the main road to Baghdad, situated on a plain
about 4 miles in width : inhabitants, Kurds. Water and grazing plentiful
in the vicinity, and numerous flocks of sheep and goats ; a number of
donkeys about. There are about 500 tents of Kurds in the neighbourhood.
The crops, which are of wheat and barley, are reaped in June.— (Vaugh
an.)
A village of western Kirmanshah close to Mian Tak. The road from
Sar-i-Pul to Karind passes through it.— (Plowden.)
SARMUSAKLI CHAl (the garlic river); correctly Sarimsakli.—
A river rising in the hills north of Zinjan and flowing into the Zinjaneh
Rud about 9 miles below Zinj^n.—(Schindler.)
SARQAMEH—
A prominent peak in the Kurdistan range of mountains, to the south
of the range as seen from the Garan pass 15 miles east of Marivan on the road
to Shaikh Attar. Trees and shrubs cease entirely on the east slopes, where
a good deal of shale crops up on the hills.— (Gerard.)