'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎185v] (375/706)

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K1RMANSHAH
The Gular AghassI Bash! has to introduce to the Governor the inhabitants
of the town when the Governor is newlv appointed, and the principal vil
lagers, when the Gcvernor goes on a tour in his province. The Sandukdar
is the treasure chest cashier. The Kalantar is the chief of the Katkhudas.
The Katkhudas are practically the mayors of the principal quarters of the
town. The Darugheh-i-Bazar is responsible for the safety of the bazaars at
night. The Shatir Bashi is the chief of the runners. The Rais Bashl
Tahqlqat has the administration of justice in his hands, and to the Rais
Tijarat are referred matters concerning trade and commerce.
The province of Kurdistan is normally under the Government of Kir-
manshah, but it was reported from Tehran in 1913 that it had been
handed over to Zafar-us-Sultaneh as Governor.
The Governor is named by the authorities in Tehran, but has the nomina
tion of the Deputy Governor and of other officials.
For the divisions of Kirmanshah town, sec under “ General description
The province of Kirmanshah is divided into 19 buluks or districts, which
are as follows:—Baladeh, Vastam, Mian Darband, or Bilavar, Pnsht
Darband or Bala Darband, Dinavar, Kulial, Sahdeh, Kangavar, As’adabad,
Harsin, Chamchamal, Durii Faraman, Mahidast, Harunabad, Guran,
Karind, Zuhab, Aivan and Hulaiian.
Kdrguzdr .—There being here a Turkish Consulate-General the Persian
Foreign Office has to be represented by a Karguzar. The Karguzar has charge
of the passport service. A charge of 1 krdn is made for a passport to Baghdad
and Karbala, and for a vise the charge is 12-60 krdns for every six months.
Passports for other countries are also delivered here, and the charge varies
from 1 krdn to 20 or 30 krdns, according to the rank of the traveller. The
Jews are under the direct jurisdiction and protection of the Karguzar.
Foreign representatives. —There is here a Turkish Consulate-General, on ac
count of the frontier question. The Consulate is said to have a large
revenue from passport service, and from the passes for taking dead bodies
to Karbala. Of these, 7,000 passed Kirmanshah last year, on their way
to their last resting place. The charges are :— Vise of passport, 1 tdmdn ;
for charvaddrs 2} krdns every six months; pass for dead body, -2 tumdns ;
sealing wax on above, 1 krdn. The dead bodies are examined here by a
medical officer of the Conseil Sanitaire; if the body may be safely
taken to Khaniqm and Karbala the pass is delivered and the coffin is sealed
down. The coffins are opened again in Khaniqln, where a further charge
of 1 £T. is made, and if any body be found there to be in a state of putre
faction it is buried on the spot.
There used to be a British Agent, Haji ’Abdur Rahim, Vakll-ud-Dauleh,
son of Haji Agha Husain, Yakil-ud-Dauleh. The Vakll-ud-Dauleh was one of
the richest proprietors of Kirmanshah, and his hospitality was well known
to all travellers wdio passed through this part of Persia. He died in
1902. There is now (since 1904) a British and a Russian Consulate in
Kirmanshah.
Telegraph. —The telegraph office occupies one of the khaydts or court
yards of the palace, opening on the artillery square. Kirmanshah is on the
Tehran-Baghdad line. The stations are Tehran, Khanabad, Naubaran,
Zaneh, Hamadan, As’adabad, Kangavar, Kirmanshah, Karind, Sar-i-Pul-i-