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SHAHRI-FALEK,
A village between Hoorin and Maidan. {Tlausschknecht),
SHAISAVAN—Sabna.
A village of the Salma district.
SHAHJU-RUD.
A brook 14 miles south of Sungnr, north-east of Kermanshah, flowing
west The valley of the Shahju Rud is level, well watered, and covered with
villages, gardens and plantations. The Shahju-Rud is crossed by the
Tabriz-Kermanshah road at 544 miles from the latter place. (Napier.)
SHAMALEH—Kalhor.
A village or the Kalhor district. It belongs to the Hajjizadehs and
together with Chega-Mauiekeh, pays Kts. 63-343 dinars cash and Kh. 1-50
grain malyat.
SHAHULAD—Zohab.
A small village inhabited by Sharaflianis in the district of Zohab.
SHAMSHIR CHUBIN—Zengeneh.
A branch oi the^ /iengeneh tribe Their chief is Mohammed TIassan
llbeghi. They furnish 1 company to the Zengeneh regiment and inhabit
the plain of Talandasht.
SHARAFAB AD—Kalhor.
A village or the Kalhor district. The Ab-i-Sharafabad, which passes
through Havana bad and joins the Ab-i-Kerind, has its rise here.
SHARAFBAINI.
The Sharaf bami whose chief is Aziz Beg (his residence being at Hoorin)
number some 1,000 families. They speak the Jaff dialect and are Sunnihs
They are probably a branch of the great Jaff tribe. They say they came
from Mosul to Persia during the reign of the Saffavi monarchs. Aziz Beo*
receives monetary subsidies from the Government of Kermanshah to main
tain 100 horsemen as a precaution against Jaff incursions. Jones says • “ A
tribe who inhabit the country between Zohab and Soleimanieh, west of Ker-
manshah. ^They seem to be Guran Kurds”. This is certainly a mistake.
Mr. Kitabji says they number 4,000 to 5,000 families. They rent the right
bank of the Servan to Jaffs of Turkey who cultivate the fields.
The hist village to the norim of the Kermanshah province on the Turco-
Persian frontier is Hoorin and Sheikhan on the left bank of the Dvala be
longing to Aziz Beg, chief of the Sharafbainis. Aziz Beg is a man of
qmet character and intelligent. He is the only chief on the frontier who has
managed to keep on good terms with all his neighbours. The tribe num-
bers 350 familiesand can raise U0 horsemen. The Dyala from the spot
wheie it leaves the Kurdistan mountains to its junction with the Kuretu
Rud marks the frontier between Persia and Turkey. Between the SharM
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? u . r/ M . ah “ 0 0 dPasli a , who in winter have their tents on the right
bank of the river facing the spot where the Kuretu Kud loins the Sir eh
and where they have built a fort of some importance." (Cesatri, 1904.)