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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [113v] (231/706)
The record is made up of 1 volume (349 folios). It was created in 1914. 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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214
HAMAD AN
There are about 270 villages, averaging some 150 houses 'per village
in the province.
The villagers are mostly Turks, some of them not knowing a word of
Persian. The majority are descended from the Ashaklu, Haijilu and
Khuda Bandehlu.
The Karaguzlu are now quite sedentary and have lost all tribal propen
sities. They are divided into two branches, the Ashaklu and the Hajjilu.
They were brought herefrom Turkistanbya certain Kara Yusuf.
The Ashaklu inhabit the Darjazin district extending up to Nubaran.
Their principal residence is Shavarin. The elder of the tribe is the Nasir-ul-
Mulk, Abdul Qasim Khan ; the most influential and wealthy chief is Hisam-
ul-Mulk, Zain-ul-Abdin Khan.
The Hajjilu inhabit the Mihraban districts. Their most important
villages are Kabudrahang and Bubukabad. Under their chiefs are also the
Khudabandeldu who inhabit the same district. The principal chiefs of the
Hajjilus are Sarkar Akram (’Abdullah Khan), and Jila-ul-Mulk (’AH Khan).
Hamadan lies on the edge of a fertile plain, and is well supplied with
Resources. good water. Fuel is cheap and plentiful. The
district produces 40,200 kharwars (kharwdr—6^0
innn ° f ai J d barIe 7> which is very cheap. The price of barley in
1900 was about |rd the price m Tehran at the same time, and at Gulpaigan
Kumain and Dizabad on the road from Isfahan was nearly ith of Tehran
prices, namely, 4 maunds to one kran (i.e., 261 lbs. barley for orf.) The
bhahsavans get their supplies from this district, especially from Darjazin
and carry them away with them when leaving for their winter quarters!
There is a salt mine in the district, 40 miles to the east, a mule load costs
about 2 annas.
Pack mules can be purchased here in any numbers for an equivalent of
Transport. ^ s ‘ 100 to Rs - 40 ? eacb - Ponies or ydbus can
also be had at prices varying from Rs. 40 to
Rs. 100 each ; Arab horses from Rs. 150 to Rs. 500 each. Any number
of mules can be obtained on hire, generally at Rs. 30 a month, though
sometimes the rate is reduced to Rs. 25 to Rs. 20 per month. The estimat
ed load that a mule can carry, if fully loaded and over a march of 5
to 8 farsakhs, which is considered the ordinary march of a kdfileh, is from
4 to 5 Indian maunds.
The principal manufactures are a sort of felt carpet called namad
Mr. Rabino states that the exports of Hamadan from March 1901 to March
1902 amounted to 19,381,000 krdns and the imports to 24,188,000 krans,
which shows it to be one of the busiest trade centres in Persia. ,
Highly prized among the Persians, are copper-ware, leather used for the
Trade. covering oi trunks and bindings of tents, and
.... „ , red and wbit e wine—price about 10 pence a
bottle—which is well known and patronized.
Gold washing and tanning are two industries which distinguish Hama
dan from other places. The former has been discontinued of late years
owing to local quarrels and lack of water, but anywh- re on the site of the
present town a man can earn a hr an a day by washing the earth. The
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The item is Volume II of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1914 edition).
The volume comprises the north-western portion of Persia, bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north by the Russo-Persian frontier and Caspian Sea; on the east by a line joining Barfarush, Damghan, and Yazd; and on the south by a line joining Yazd, Isfahan, and Khanikin.
The gazetteer includes entries on human settlements (towns, villages, provinces, and districts); communications (roads, bridges, halting places, caravan camping places, springs, and cisterns); tribes and religious sects; and physical features (rivers, streams, valleys, mountains and passes). Entries include information on history, geography, climate, population, ethnography, resources, trade, and agriculture.
Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.
A Note (folio 4) makes reference to a map at the end of the volume; this is not present, but an identical map may be found in IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/1 (folio 636) and IOR/L/MIL/17/15/4/2 (folio 491).
Printed at the Government of India Monotype Press, Simla, 1914.
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- 1 volume (349 folios)
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The volume contains a list of authorities (folio 6) and a glossary (folios 343-349).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 351; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II'
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