Senkan, City

1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri.

Senkan, a small City, one days Journy from Sultania to the West, in the Kingdom of Persia, in the Road between Derbent and Ispahan. It is the best Refreshing place on that Road, having Plenty of Oranges, Lemmons, Pomegranates, and vast Grapes; Veal and Mutton very cheap. It is situate in a Plain, very Dry and Barren; before Tamerlane the Great it had a flourishing Trade, but he ruined it to that degree, that there is no hopes of its Recovery. Struis p. 301.