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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎175r] (354/706)

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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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KIRMANSHAH 33T
any other province in its general state, although the Government left much to
be wished for.
To us Kirmanshah has considerable interest, both politically, strategi
cally, and commercially, and as years go on this interest may largely in
crease.
Strategical .—Strategically the province is of importance, and more es
pecially the town, as it is practically the centre of an arc drawn through
Baghdad, Isfahan, Tehran, and Tabriz, from all of which points it is almost
equidistant. This has been pointed out by many military writers, notably
by the late Sir Henry Bawlinson, as far back as 1847.
History .—See article under Kirmanshah (town.)
Geography.
The province of Kirmanshah lies between lat. 31° to 35° N. and long.
44° 5' to 48° O' E. Its boundaries are the vilayet of Baghdad (Kaleh Sabzl)
and Luristan Kuchik, or Pusht-i-Kuh, to the west and’ south, and Kurdistan
and the Governorship of Kanga var (pass of Bid Surkh) to the north and east.
The small Governorship of Kangavar and As’adabad have recently bee r added
to the province of Kirmanshah.
The province of Kirmanshah contains a great number of villages, mostly
inhabited by Kurds and Lurs. It is known for its great production of grain
and for its cattle.
The soil being fertile, and water plentiful in all seasons, the greater part
of the province is either under cultivation, or forms natural pasture grounds
of large extent. The land is cultivated separately, each villager looking alter
his own bit of land.
On account of the numerous mountains, which retain the rain-water, part
of the land is turned into “ dam ”, which does not require to be watered ;
the rest, or “ abi ”, land is easily irrigated and without great outlay of
capital; kandts are very scarce in this part of Persia.
“Ddim” land is sown with corn, and allowed to lie fallow every other
year; “ dbi ” land, or irrigated land, is sown with grain one year and with
“ saifi ” (garden crops such as water melons, melons, cucumbers, etc.,) the
following year.
Mountains .—“ The province of Kirmanshah is remarkable for its parallel
plains and mountains, which nearly all follow a north-west and south-east
direction.
From north-east to south-west the great ranges of mountains are
“ Kuh-i-Delakhani, Kuh-i-Parrau, Kuh-i-Hulaneh continued by Kuh-i-
Safid and Kuh-i-Galu, Kuh-i-Parkamarz continued by Kuh-i-Buzan and
Kuh-i-Shlrak, Kuh-i-Dalahu and Kuh-i-Behlul (these two latter known
by the ancients under the name of Zagros), and finally the Kalhur mountains,
Nuh-i-Kuh, Kuh-i-Sumbuleh, Kuh-i-Anarak, and Shah Kuh, which are
situated on the Turkish frontier.
“ Mount Dalahui s the highest mountain of the Province, and its summit
is always snow-capped. Between these various mountain ranges are usually
extensive plains and valleys, where the greater part of the sedentary popula
tion of the province is settled.
“ The country between Hamadan and Zuhab is all mountainous, and forms
part of the ranges bordering Iran, that is to say> the succession of perk
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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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