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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [61v] (127/504)
The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 1907. 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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ravages of the climate; its broken or denuded flakes being, even now, infi
nitely harder than the rock itself/”— [Carson.)
Inscription and Bas-Reliep of Gotarzes—•
To the right, at the foot of the mountain, is another panel with some muti
lated equestrian figures. From a much defaced Greek inscription whHi
runs above the panel, we learn that it is meant for Gotarzes (46-51 A. D.),
probably as a commemoration of the defeat, in the plain down below, of his
rival Mithrates. The name of Gotarzes can be distinctly read.
Unfortunately, Sheikh Ali Khan Zengeneh had an excavation, some 8
inches deep, cut in the centre of this panel, and, on the smooth surface thus
obtained, he commemorated in Arabic the donation he made, of the villages
of Karayelli and Chambetan, for the upkeep of the caravansarai which he
built at Bisutun.
One then comes to a smoothed and polished surface of the rock, which was
probably meant to receive an inscription.
Sassanian Sculpture—
Further on there is a large monolith, on one side of which are to be seen
the images of two personages and a fire altar; the figure on the right is
much defaced, the figure on the left is holding a cup in one hand and
taking oil from it to pour on the fire. There is no doubt as to this being a
Sassanian sculpture, but there is no inscription.
Still further on, one comes to the foundations of a building forming a
quadrangle. This is the spot originally chosen for the Bisutun caravan
serai, but which was not approved of by Sheikh Ali Khan Zengeneh.
On the other side of the Gamasiab, at a distance of about 1 mile from
Bisutun, there is a hill on which can be seen the remains of fortifications
and intrenchments. This was the camp of Nadir Shah's Army, and is
called, by the Persians, Sangar-i-Naderi or Sangar-i-Nader Shah.
Near Bisutun are also to be seen the ruins of an old Sassanian bridge, now
all in ruins. In the village itself one sees the remains of a palace and a
capital, similar to those found at Tak-i-Bostan. In the cemetery close by are
many tombs with old Kufic inscriptions.
BITERBAN.—Assadabad.
A village of the Assadabad district.
BIVEH-JASHNIAN, Sinjabis.
Biveh-Jaslmian-Baba-Kerem-Khan. A division of the Siniahis. They
BIWANIJ—Kerind •
A plain of the Kerind district.
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Gazetteer of the province of Kermanshah, Persia [Iran], compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino, Vice-Consul at Resht [Rasht] at the time of the gazetteer’s publication in 1907, and who had been Acting Consul at Kermanshah during 1904 and 1905. The gazetteer, which is marked for official use only, was issued by the Division of the Chief of the Staff of the Government of India, and published at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla [Shimla]. At the front of the volume is an introduction by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Malleson, Acting Quartermaster General for Intelligence, dated 22 March 1907, and a preface by the author, dated 24 June 1904, with notes on the transliteration system used (folios 4-5).
The gazetteer includes five appendices, numbered I to V, as follows:
- appendix I, a translation from the French original of a description of the road from Kermanshah to Mendali [Mandalī], via Harunabad [Eslāmābād-e Gharb] and Gilan [Sarāb-e Gīlān], as recorded in a journal by Leon Leleux, Inspector General of Customs at Kermanshah;
- II, a translation from the Persian original of a description of the villages in the immediate vicinity of the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). of Mahidasht, written by the Mirza of Customs at Mahidasht;
- III, a vocabulary of terms;
- IV, a list of the principal roads from Baghdad to Teheran via Kermanshah, with distances given in miles and farsakhs;
- V, a list of the notables of Kermanshah.
The gazetteer contains extensive extracts from a range of sources, including: an earlier, unspecified gazetteer, published in 1885; various works on Persia by British Government officials (including Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, the Viceroy of India George Nathaniel Curzon, Captain George Campbell Napier); published works by a number of scholars and explorers of Persia (notably Trevor Chichele Plowden, Jacques De Morgan, Henry James Whigham, and James Baillie Fraser); reports from other sources, including Leleux, and the Mirza of Customs at Mahidasht.
Some of the appendices’ pages appear to have been mixed up. Included among them are: a genealogical table of the princes of Kermanshah (f 239); and hierarchical tables listing the chiefs of the principal tribes of the province of Kermanshah (ff 244-245).
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- 1 volume (249 folios)
- Arrangement
The gazetteer’s entries are arranged alphabetically. An index at the front of the volume (folios 6-45) lists entries alphabetically, taking into account variations in the spelling of names. This index refers to the volume’s original pagination sequence.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 250; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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