"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎٢‎٨‎٠] (٧٠٦/٥٦٤)

The garrison in 1904 consisted of two regiments of infantry, one of cavalry
and some more or less serviceable looking guns.
The local Kurds are well armed and are relied on by the Government to
supply a strong contingent when required.— (NapierGerard ; Curzon ;
Gough, 1905.)
SltJ BULAGH (2)—
A small village to the left of the road from Ahar in Azarbaijan to Ardabil
24 miles from the former. It is situated on the pinnacle of an isolated hill,
at the foot of which flows the Ahar stream. It is surrounded by a wall and
contains about twenty poor huts.— (Holmes.)
SAUJ BULAGH (3)—
A fertile district with many villages, forming part of the Tehran Govern
ment. It is bounded on the north by the Elburz chain, on'the south by the
Kuh-i-Jari and the Kuh-i-Nimak. The greater part of the plain
between Tehran and Kazvin belongs to it.— (Schindler.)
SAUJ BULlGH (River)—
Vide Sauj Bulagh (1). This river, like many others in Persia is only ford
able in summer, and must be crossed by boats in the spring.— (Gough, 1905.)
SAULAGH—
Avillagein Azarbaijan, east of the Kara Sd river, and of Ardabil, on the
road to Kazvin.— (Holmes.)
SAUNLAWA—
A halting-place in western Kirmanshah, two stages west of that town
on the road to Sulaimanieh by Ahmad Kulwan.—{IftcA.)
SAUSAR—
A village in Gilan three miles east of Enzali, on the Murdab.—(5cAtnd-
ler.)
SAVAD KUH—
A district of Mazandaran, which extends north from the crest of the
pass from Tehran down the valley of the Talar to the village of Shlrgah.—
(Stuart.)
SAVALAN DAGH—Elev. 14,000'.
A mountain in Azarbaijan, about 30 miles west of Ardabil. Its crown
of perpetual snow feeds the stream even in summer, so that the country
round stands in no need of irrigation. The base is 37 miles in diameter.
An offshoot of the Savalan Dagh divides the two valleys and conse
quently the basin of the Caspian Sea from that of Lake Urumieh. It is
low in elevation and the incline moderate.— (Thielmann.)
SAVEH (district)—
The provinces of ’Iraq and Saveh, together with Kazzaz and Mahaialt,
form one government, though for some years they formed separate gov
ernments.