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'Report on Kurdistan' [58r] (120/220)
The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 1911. 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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ALE—AMI
103
ALEK (Javarud)—
A village of the district of Javarud.— (Government list.)
’ ALIAS AD—
A village of ten houses in Persian Kurdistan about 92 miles north-east of
Kirmanshah, on the road thence to Tabriz. (Napier.)
’ALIASAD (Hubitu)—
A village of the district of Hubitu.— (Government list.)
’ALIPINEK (Eilak)—
A village of the district of Eilak.
ALMANEH (Merivan)—
A village of the district of Merivan, see the Merivan-Senna road.
ALUT—
A village 4 farsalchs distant from Siaumeh.
Siaumeh is itself 4 jarsalchs distant from Baneh on the road thence to Sardasht.
The road to Alut branches off at Siaumeh. Alut is 3 farsakhs distant from
Kanibard which is also on the Baneh-Sardasht road. From Benekveh
which is near the Gardaneh Khan on the Sakiz—Baneh road to Alut, it is
9 farsakhs.
Alut is a great tobacco-producing district. It is separated from Alan in
Turkey by the river Kellas. Alan is also a great tobacco-producing centre.—
(Customs.)
ALYAN (Javarud)—
A village of the district of Javarud.— (Government list.)
AMANIEH—
A garden near the town of Senna. It belongs to Amanullah Khan Kuchik.
AMARAB (Kalatarzan)—
A village of the district of Kalatarzan.— (Government list.) Perhaps this is Amarat.
AMARAT—
A halting-place in Kurdistan, 14 miles north of Senna on the road to
Tabriz.— (Morier.)
AMIRAB AD (Javarud)—
A village of the district of Javarud.— (Government list.) It is really part of
the small district of Amirabad.
A village of 50 houses of Kurds in the valley in which are Muchash, Keileh
Gulan, (which see) and other villages of Persian Kurdistan. It stands on the bank
of the stream draining the valley, in thick trees and gardens : 2 miles to the north
lies Ramisht at the mouth of an affluent valley. The mountains are distant
about 2 miles to either hand, and the intervening plain is well cultivated.
Water-supply abundant; grazing on the mountain : some flocks and herds are
owned: no available fuel except cow-dung. Room for campaign.— (Burton.)
AMIRABAD (Javanrud) — Elev. 5,190'.
Is (1897) the property of Muhammad Beg, second son of Habibullah Khan
of the Jaff Kurds of Javanrud. Is now deserted and in ruins, having been burnt
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Confidential report compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Monotype Press, 1911.
The report is divided into three parts (I-III), as follows:
Part I: Geographical and Commercial Notes (folios 6-39) with sections on the province of Kurdistan (including information on cultivation, population, revenue, roads, imports/exports, and the capital, Senna), its tribes (including statistics on population, land, and residences), rivers, and mountains, and appendices comprised of government lists of villages.
Part II: History (folios 40-54) with a chart showing the Valis and Provincial Governors of Kurdistan for the years 1169-1905 (folio 41).
Part III: Gazetteer of Kurdistan (folios 55-104) arranged alphabetically.
At the back of the volume is a glossary (folios 105-06) including notes on the weights used in Kurdistan.
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- 1 volume (106 folios)
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There is a contents page at the front of the volume (f 5) which refers to the volume's original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 108; 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.
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- 'Report on Kurdistan'
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