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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎151r] (306/706)

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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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KANG—KANI
289
It is situated under a lofty snow-capped mountain at the west-south-west
corner of a fertile plain, about 10 miles square. It is built on a series of
natural and artificial mour.ds, and is remarkable for the ruins of a magnificent
temple or palace near it, which has a length of about 250 paces and breadth
of 30 feet.
Kangavar was called by the ancient Arab writers “ Qasr al Lusus
Rawlinson gives it as the site of the ancient Concobar, which was in the neigh
bourhood of Adrapan, on the road leading to Baghistan. He also thinks
it might be the Chavon of Diodorus, where, according to the Sicilian historian,
Semiramis built a palace and laid out a paradise. Here in the time of Isidore,
was a famous temple of Anaitis, whose worship was widespread in Media,
Susiana, and Cappadocia.
There is a post office and Persian telegraph office here, and a relay of six
horses for postal service. The telegraph office connects with Kirmanshah and
Hamadan.
It is the seat of a small local government, and the deputy governor of the
town is generally Sar Aslam, a local notable, famous for his hospitality
to foreigners, especially Britishers.
Supplies for three battalions could be procured here.
Kangavar is an important village, as it is on the eastern end of the Eislthn
gap, and at the junction of the Hamadan and Qum roads.
Kangavar is divided into 7 quarters, Gachkan, Dahaneh Bazar, Sar-
Musala, Varmaziarl, Sarajub, Shahrabad, and Pusht-i-Imamzadeh. There
are ten caravansarais, seven mosques, and many baths in the town. The
Hakim’s house is an imposing building.— (Rozario—Yasuf Sharif-—Inzar Gul,
1909, — Rabino, 1907.)
KANGAVAR—
Buliik of district of Kangavar. Chief place, Kangavar.
The BuluJc of Kangavar is contiguous to the districts of As’adabad, Kuliai,
Nahavand and Khazal, and is composed of 35 villages and some hamlets.
The population is said to consist chiefly of Khazals and Afshars, sedentary
tribes of the Shi’ah persuasion.
Nomad Khazab come from the Khazal district and camp here in sum
mer.
The district is exceedingly fertile. The cultivation of the province is dciim
and dbi grain-fields (wheat and barley), opium, cotton and peas. This
province was only added as a district to the Kirmanshah province in March
1902.— (Rabino, 1907.)
:KANlAN—
A halting place on the border of Persian Kurdistan one stage from Baneh
on the road to Panjvin.— (Gerard.)
KAN! BAGH—
Three hamlets situated on the right bank of the Ab-i-Mark, about 20
miles east of Kirmanshah city. They contain from 15 to 20 houses, in
habited by Zanganeh Kurds. Water from the Ab-i-Mark. No trees.
Some crops and cultivation. Supplies : 50 cows, 400 sheep and goats. Good
grazing.— (Vdughan.)
C300GSB

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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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