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'Report on Kurdistan' [‎63r] (130/220)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 1911. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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BIKESH (Baneh)—
A village in the district of Baneh. It is 3 faradkhs from Banekveh and 3
from Kanibard on the road between the two. It is 2 fursokhs from Salehabad.
— {Customs.)
BILAVAR—
A district of Kurdistan. The greater part of the valley of Bilavar is part of
the Bala-Darband district of Kirmanshah. See Amirabad.
BILEK (Merivan)—
A village of the district of Merivan. It is J- farsakh to the right of bTachi,
a village on the Merivan-Baneh road vid Taratuleh.— {Customs.)
It is perhaps the same at Pilek or Pileh (g.v.).
BILU or BELYA (Baneh)—
A village of the district of Baneh. It is J farsakh to the right of Nauju, which
is itself \ farsakh from '^Sadbar on the road from Sadbar to Nwjgah. It is £
farsakh distant from Najneh Ulia and £ farsakh from Salehabad. It is to the
right of the Baneh-Sakiz road at farsakh from Baneh.— {Customs.)
BILUJ (?)—
A plain near the frontier of Kurdistan between the fort of Merivan and Penjyin
watered by a stream called Ab-i-Zizub.— {T. G. Plowden.)
BIN— j
A place in Kurdistan. It is the fourth stage from Baneh on the road to Senna.
It is in a mountainous district.— {Gerard).
BIRKEH (Saral)—
A village of the district of Saral.— {Government list.)
BIRMOKDAD (Hasanabad) —
A village of the district of Hasanabad. It has a fine old mosque to the east
of which is the tomb of Mokdad-ibn-Assud.
Birmokdad is probably in Persian Pir*Mokdad.
BISARAN (Javarud)—
A village of the district of Javarud.— {Government list.)
In this village is buried an Imamzadeh, nam^d Saiyid ’Ali.
BISTAN (Turkey)—
A village of Kurdistan, situated in the Zagros mountains, on the Turkish side
of the Peachan pass, which leads to Baneh. There is a road also to Sulaimanieh.
— {Gerard.)
BONSAR—
The names of two villages of Kurdistan, 35 miles south of Senna on the banks
of the Gav-rud and about miles apart; the one on the left bank of the river
contains about 20 houses, that on the right bank 30. Both have some
willow-trees in the vicinity, also streams, and are situated in a fertile valley
where wheat is grown. Good grazing in the vicinity, and ground where
troops could camp. Supplies : 150 cows, 100 donkeys, 1,000 sheep, and firewood
in moderate quantities from river banks.— {Vaughan.)
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Confidential report compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Monotype Press, 1911.

The report is divided into three parts (I-III), as follows:

Part I: Geographical and Commercial Notes (folios 6-39) with sections on the province of Kurdistan (including information on cultivation, population, revenue, roads, imports/exports, and the capital, Senna), its tribes (including statistics on population, land, and residences), rivers, and mountains, and appendices comprised of government lists of villages.

Part II: History (folios 40-54) with a chart showing the Valis and Provincial Governors of Kurdistan for the years 1169-1905 (folio 41).

Part III: Gazetteer of Kurdistan (folios 55-104) arranged alphabetically.

At the back of the volume is a glossary (folios 105-06) including notes on the weights used in Kurdistan.

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1 volume (106 folios)
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There is a contents page at the front of the volume (f 5) which refers to the volume's original pagination.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 108; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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