‘GAZETTEER OF PERSIA VOL. I Comprising the Provinces of ASTARÁBÁD, SHÁHRUD-BÚSTAN, KHÚRÁSÁN, AND SÍSTÁN’ [‎320r] (646/722)

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SANG In, oh SAN GtJN—L at. 31° 50' G”, Long. 59° 20 / G ,f ; Elev.
( Napier).
A large village in Khurasan, 28 miles from Sultanabad (Turshiz), on the
road to Khaf. It is built on a plateau under some rocky hills. The water
is good and abundant, and supplies are plentiful. It is in the Khaf
subdivision of the Turbat-i-Haidari district, lying south-east of Turbat.
It is strongly fortified.— [Taylor, Bellew, Stewart.)
SANGANA— Lat. , Long. ; Elev.
A halting-place in western Khurasan, 105 miles south-west of Tabas, on the
road to Yazd.— [Kinneir.)
SANG All—L at. , Long. ; Elev.
A small tributary stream of the Gurgan, which drains the Kalposh ridge to
the west, in the Astarabad province.— -{Napier.)
SANG All— Lat 37° 8' 0", Long. 55° 27' O"; Elev. ' [Walker).
A village in the Goklan Turkuman district of the Astarabad province, 84
miles from Astarabad town. Water, fuel, and forage are abundant. This
place is also called “ Pisza” and “ Haji Yar.”— [MacGregor.)
SANGBAST— Lat. 36° O' 0", Long. 59° 49' 0"; Elev. ' [St. John).
A village in Khurasan, 23 miles south-east of Mashhad, on the road to
Herat. There was formerly a city here, which had become ruined ; and for
this reason, and because it was an object to encourage people to settle here,
the governor of Khurasan in I860 laid out the present village. The walls
are built of burnt-brick taken from the old village, and are about 20
feet high. The village is square, with a ditch all round, and gates at the
north and south sides. Down the centre, from north to south, is a fine,
broad street, with houses built on a uniform plan all the way. In the
middle of the road is an aqueduct; and halfway between the gates is an
open, octagonal space, with a basin for water in the middle. At intervals
struts lead off at right angles right up to the walls, all round which there
is a roadway. Altogether there is accommodation for about 500 families.
But the governor’s attempt did not thrive; and in 1875 there were not more
than 100 houses occupied. Sangbast is plentifully supplied with water
from karezes; and the present supply could be very much increased, as
only twenty out of the eighty c jui’* of water arranged for by the gov
ernor are now in order.— [MacGregor.)
SANGHOS— „ , ,
A village of Shahrud-Bustan, 97 miles from Damghan, on the road to
Nishapur.— [Kinneir. ) , „ _ , N
SANGI— Lat. 36° 10' 35", Long. 58° 14 0 ; Elev. [Napier).
A village in the district of Sabzawar, Khurasan, on the road from Sabzawar
to Nisi id pur, and 34 miles from the former town. It is a village of 60
houses, and has some good springs of fresh water near There is a tort
here, called Kaladar, and a brick sarai.—(Ge/JW,
SANG-I-DUKHTAR— Lat. , Long. ; Llev. •
A place under the Khaf range of Khurasan near Dushakh.— [MacGregor.)^
SAN GIRD— Lat. 35° 45' 0", Long. 58° 5' 0"; Elev. [Stewart)
A small village in Khurasan, 55 miles (Gill) or 36 miles (Ferner) from
Nishapur, on the road to Yazd by Bajistan. It contains 30 houses, enclosed
in a square fort, with towers at the corners. There are no gardens here and
no caravansarai; but there is a stable available for horses outside the fort.
* Stream, or channel, of water for irrigation.
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