"دليل بلاد فارس. مجلد II" [و‎‎٢‎٨‎٧] (٧٠٦/٥٧٨)

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SHALlMEH—
A village at the foot of the Masai pass leading over the Masuleh moun
tains between Azarbaijan and Gilan.— (Fraser.)
SHALMAN—
A river of Gilan, which rises in the mountain of Samnan, one of the lofti
est peaks of the Elburz in this part of the coast, and enters the Caspian
Sea about 5 miles north-east of Langarud. It is full of fish, and, though
generally a mere rill, trickling over a pebbly bed is, when full, about 60 yards
wide. There is a village of the same name on its bank.—(Eraser ; Holmes.)
SHAMAKAN—
A high precipitous hill in Ardalan, 8 miles south of Sinneh between it
and Kirmanshah.— (Taylor.)
SHAM GOLEH—
A village of 400 houses in north-western Azarbaijan, about 6 miles
from Avuglu.— (Picot, 1894.)
SHAMIAN—
A road which runs direct between Kirmanshah and Sulaimameh—(iM.)
SHAMIDIINAN—
A tribe of Kurds (Sunni), situated on both sides of the Turko-Persian
frontier, bounded on the north by the Baradust or Bira Dost district (q.v.)
They descend into the Ushnu plains in winter. There is a difference of
opinion regarding the origin of the tribe. Some say it is a portion of the
Hakkiarl tribe of Turkish Kurds, others that it is a branch of the Zaza,
further west— (Soane, 1910.)
SHAMIRAN— See CHAMARIN.
SHAMLU—
One of the Kizilbash tribes (q.v.). The name signifies the Syrians, as
they were brought by Timur from Syria in the fourteenth century. They
now exist partly as a branch of the great Afshar tribe (q.v.), partly as a
branch of the Shahsavans (q.v.), and partly as a separate tribe called Bali-
arlu (q.v.). — (Schindler.)
SHAMRAN (1)—
A district a few miles north of Tehran, celebrated for the beauty of its
situation and the salubrity of its air, and for its fertility. The marked
feature of the tract is the contrast between the land within and out of reach
of water.
It is a suburb of Tehran, situated about six miles north-east of the Persian
capital, at the foot of the Elburz range. The PersiSh nobles and the Eu
ropean residents emigrate to this place during the summer. There is
a grave of Shahzadeh Qasim, which is visited by the Tehranis on every
Thursday.
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