"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [و‎‎٣‎٢‎٣] (٧٢٢/٦٥٢)

It is still considered the actual frontier, and is held by a subordinate
governor, who administers justice and collects the revenue. His authority
extends up to the southern buluks, Biarjumand and Khar Turunai, the tract
most subject to Turkoman incursions. The tract is for the most part avoid
and desert plain, divided by low ridges running from the west, and bend
ing south-east towards the desert. The principal villages are Kalat and
Khich, of 200 houses, lying on the eastern shoulder of Khush Ailak;
Maghz Gilan, 200 houses, on the road to Jajarm; Rubat, on the Jajarm
road; and Kalata.— {MacGregor, Napier.)
SARIAB— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. h
A village in the Alghur subdivision of the Kam district of Khurasan.—
{Bellew.)
SAR-I-BlSHAII— Lat. 32° 35' 20", Long. 59° 46' 40"; Elev. 5,900 7 {St.
John ).
A village in Khurasan, 41 miles south-east of Birjand, on the road to
Sistan. It is situated 7 miles west of the summit of the pass of Ganda-Kuh,
on the western side of the valley, and at the foot of a range of barren hills.
It consists of 500 dome-roofed, mud houses, with about 2,000 inhabitants,
and has the remains of an c arg/ or citadel, and of an Usbak watch-tower in
the vicinity. The water-supply is good and abundant. The meaning of the
word “ Sir-i-Bishah ” is either the “ forest head,” or “ the cold desert.” It lies
in a wide plain extending in gentle undulations north-west as far as Birjand,
where it is closed by a range separating it north and south from the district
of Khusp. It is covered with rich pasture ; but water is scarce, except in
the hollows at the foot of the hills. The people of this village manufacture
an inferior carpet called ‘kalin/ It is in the Narjun subdivision of the
Kam district.— {Goldsmid, Bellow, MacGregor.)
SAR-I-CHAH— Lat. 32° 16' 8", Long. 58° 46' 0"; Elev. ' {Lentz).
A large village in Khurasan, 57 miles from Birjand, on the road to Karman.
Supplies are plentiful. It has about 100 houses. The neighbouring plain
is clayey and saline, and in many places affords excellent pasture for sheep
and camels.— {Khdnikoff.)
SAR-I-CHAH*— Lat. , Long. ; Elev. '.
A village in Khurasan, on the road from Khur to Sabzawar, 92 miles from
the latter, 8 from Khur.— {MacGregor.)
SAR-I-CHASHMAf— Lat. _ ,Long. _ iElev. , '.
A small village in Khurasan, adjoining the basin called Chashma Giias, 6
miles north-west of Mashhad. It has a considerable breadth of unirrigated
corn land, which is said to yield in good years a return of from ten to
twenty-five fold, with a large and good gxxm.—{Napier.)
SAR-I-CHASMA— Lat. , Long i Elev ^
A spring, 21 miles south-east of Birjand, on the road to Tara, {blewart.)
SAR-I-DIH Lat. , Long. ; Elev. ’ , , ,
A village in Khurasan, 18 miles from Tun, on the road to Nishapur.
It is walled, and contains 300 houses, inhabited by Persians. Plenty of
good water. Bajistan is 12 miles dista nt.— Stewart.)
* The “ Well’s Mouth.” | f The “ Fountain Head.”