1 SUK—SUL. 253
2 Bukkur (vid Nowsharra) to Hyderabad. Lat. 26° 9’, long.
3 68° 18’,
4 SUKKUR,, inSinde, a decayed town on the west or right bank ao ae on
5 of the Indus, and opposite Roree, on the eastern bank, the island afasson, 1.302;
6 fortress of Bukkur lying between them. It is situate where a Dumes on the
7 low limestone range-slopes down to the river’s bank, clothed in the Shikarpoor, 303
8 ; . ue, Id. Bokh. iil. 73,
9 neighbourhood of the town with luxuriant groves of date-palms. 972; wood, Oxus,
10 These groves, combined with the ruined but picturesque town of {ii Sopnedy: Be
11 Sukkur, the river, the huge fortress of Bukkur, and the town of Pars. Narr. 53;
12 Roree, situated on the bold precipice opposite, form a very noble Macmurée in
13 : » P P pposite, Ty Jour. Roy. As.
14 landscape. Jn 1839, a British cantonment was made at Sukkur, saan A See,
15 which, for a time, became converted from a scene of desolation Hough, 22.
16 and wretchedness to one of activity and prosperity. Sukkur has
17 still a few towers, mosques, and minarets standing. One minaret
18 is-in a state of considerable preservation, and, according to Ken-
19 nedy,? is a hundred feet high, and may be ascended by a winding ° #175
20 stone staircase, affording access to the summit, whence is a noble
21 prospect. It is a heavy, ill-proportioned column,’ without orna- 3 yestmocott, in
22 ment. The population of Sukkur is stated by Hough‘ to be Peace 6
23 about 500. Burnes® states it to be half of that of Roree, and 1095.
24 estimates this last at 8,000. There can be no reasonable doubt s grin. tit, 279.
25 that the actual number considerably exceeds the estimate by
26 Hough. Lat. 27° 44’, long. 68° 52’.
27 SUKYT,! in the Punjab, a small town nearly midway be- eee a
28 tween the Beas and Sutluj, and on the route from Bilaspur to
29 Mundi. It is situate in the valley of Sukyt-Mundi, eight or ten
30 miles long, three or four broad, fertile, well watered, and highly
31 cultivated, down the middle of which the river of Sukyt flows
32 northward, and falls into the Beas. Vigne? observes that “ per- 2 Kashmir, 1.79.
33 haps no country of equal extent could boast of so many strong-
34 holds.” Lat. 31° 32’, long. 76° 52’.
35 SULDERA, in the Punjab, a small town on the route from Vigne, Ghuznee,
36 Ferozpoor to Mooltan, and in the Doab of Barie. Lat. 29° *
37 49’, long. 72° 5’.
38 SULIMAN MOUNTAINS, an extensive and lofty range in 8 eae
39 Eastern Afghanistan, are, in their northern extremity, a con- 100; Wood, Oxus,
40 tinuation of Sufeid Koh, or the “Snowy Mountain,” which bounds aie Pea a
41 the valley of Kabool to the south. They may be considered to ae ee
42 commence in lat. 33° 40’, and from that quarter, stretch due Guinn
43 south in nearly the seventieth meridian of longitude to the moun- Teed wate: