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SHI—SHU
SHISHaB—
See Chashmeh-i-Shishab.
SHISH DIRAZ or AB-I-SHISH DIRAZ—
A river in Khorasan, which receives the drainage of the Turshiz district
and after a course of some 160 miles in a southerly direction, is finally lost
in the great depression of Khorasan, the salt desert, or kavir. In the
upper part of Turshiz near Kundur it is crossed by the road from Turshiz to
Shahrud, and is divided into six streams or channels (hence its name), two
of which pass through the village of Kundur, running in a full stream
about 6 feet wide.— (Clerk ; Taylor ; MacGregor ; Stewart ; Schindler.)
SHtDtTNlS—
A tribe who reside near Tabas in Khorasan.— (MacGregor.)
SHtfRAB (No. 1) (Mountain)—
A range of hills, 30 miles north-west of Tabas, in Khorasan.
(MacGregor.)
SHORAB (No. 2) (River)—
^ A salt stream in Khorasan, rising in the eastern slopes of the Jaghatai
mountains, flowing past Zaminabad, where it is crossed by a strong
brick bridge, and eventually joining the Shish Diraz n\QX.—(Napier.)
SHtlRAB (No. 3) (Spring)—
A spring in eastern Khorasan between the Burj-i-Gulvardeh and Yazdan,
20 miles from the latter. The water is brackish, but drinkable. There is a
spring of the same name and answering to the same description, 35 miles
from Ghurian, on the road to Rul Khaf.— (MacGregor ; Stewart.)
SHDRAB (No. 4) (Stage)—
A tumble-down serai, 14 miles from Safuria, on the road from Khur to
Tabas in western Khorasan.— (MacGregor.)
SHORAB (No. 5) (Stage)—Lat. 33° 35' O'; Long. 56° 14' 0*—(&. John.)
A stage in Khorasan, on the road from Yazd to Tabas. There is a cara
vanserai here in bad repair; and water from a river-bed. This is salt; but
2 miles west there is a hauz with sweet water. The stream, which is
generally dry, flows out into a kavir to the east. A scanty supply of pro
visions is obtainable.— (MacGregor \ Bellew ; Stewart.)
SHCfRAB (No. 6) (Village)—
A village, 14 miles north-west of Meshed and north-east of Tus. —
(Schindler.)
SHtRAB (No. 7) (Village)—
A small village in the Sar-i-Jam sub-division of the Meshed district in
Khorasan.— (Mania Bakhsh.)
SHGRAB (No. 8) (Village)—Lat. 36° 13' 56'; Long. 58° 22' 15'; Elev.
4,M3'—(Napier, 1876).
A village in Khorasan, 25 miles from Nishapur, on the high road to
Sabzawar, It contains some houses, with gardens and good water; but