'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎186v] (377/706)

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KIRMANSHAH
The customs duty was then 10 per cent, for natives and 5 and 6 per cent,
for foreigners , lamb-skins paid 5 per cent. The exports to Baghdad for
that year stood at 7,385,540 krdns, whilst the imports were 28 416 722
f^m 7 ? e - eXPO T^ £r0m Kirn f nsh5h the interior of stood at
J , 0 o 6,0 77 b ans ,and the imports from the interior to Kirmanshah at 3 173 765
tow. The result for the year ending March 20, 1901, was 1,098,38.3 krdn,
(inland customs duty having been abolished). Finally the vear endimr
March 20,1902 gawe 3,041,851 ; the un.firm duty'of 5 peSS
charged for natives as well as foreigners, except Turkish subjects, who paid
1 7° r l and i 2 f r Cen l t * for ex P° rts - N ew compounds for the
Custom House have been built in the Bagh-i-Shahzadeh and the necessary
warehouses have been erected. There is another tax (hawdl) on goods enter^
mg and leaving the country. In former years the custom-house compound
belonged to the Government, and a charge was made for all goods deposited
m it the Government being responsible for any goods stolen. This compound
• has lon g been sold to private individuals, and the custom-house does n^t hold
itself responsible for the goods deposited in its present compound Yet the
charge is still made by the Governor, and special collectors are appointed
to watch the caravans and collect the tax, which is 1 krdn per every 12 loads
Currency.—The currency of Kirmanshah is of new coin^eciallVthe I)t
Kazan. 1-W pieces, when they have no holes, command Sp to 3 per cent
premium old com is at a discount of 1 to 1 £ per cent. Copoer coin is still
un toTnonn 11 /- ^ ? te ° f 61 VUU P6r krdn - Xt is said tha t there is here
3 000 / K , ° nS °! C ° Pper stl11 m circulation. Nickel coin of which
3,000 tumans were put m circulation in Kirmanshah two years a«o is readiiv
accepted, and m the villages preferred to copper. ^ ^
Before the establishment of the Government mint in Tehran Kirman*
shah had a_ mint of its own The coin turned out here was fairly good The
3" X; “ k, “ e “■ '* ““ l * ~i.
There is a good movement of specie in Kirmanshah, and large amount,
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Weights, Measures and Coinage.
The unit of weight in Kirmanshah is the maund tabrizi.
1 maund tabrlzl .. ■ i ^ ~
1 maund nau-’abbdsi '' -800 ° r kil ° S 6, 54 tt*.
1 maund shdhi . . ’ ’ ° r ^ maund ^rlzl.
1 nakhod^ W ^° r ^ - d trSme^r^
• • .. =4 gandums,
1 miscal
10 sirs
4 charaks .
100 maunds
24 nakhods,
•. =1 charak.
•. =1 maund.
.. =1 kharvar. Usually
650 lbs.