'Report on Kurdistan' [61r] (126/220)
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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BA1ZABAD (Baneh)—
A village of the district of Baneh. It is { from Baneh on the road
thence to Balakeh which is in Persia at I tarsakh from the Turkish frontier.
{Customs.)
BAKLAMEH—
A village of Kurdistan about 22 miles from Senna on the road to Sakiz.—
{Gerard.)
BAKRA- f
A village in Kurdistan at the southern foot of the Kuh-Hashtah and south o
the Gav-rud valley. It contains 30 to 40 houses inhabited by Kuhai Kurd^
and is surrounded bv a considerable amount of cultivation ; water from a stream.
good grazing in spring and summer; supplies 500 sheep and goats; firewood
k not procurable; troops could camp in the vicinity.-(Fau^an.)
BALAGASSI (Eilak) (1)—
A village of the district of Eilak.
BALAGASSI (Eilak) (2)—
A village of the district of Eilak.
BALAJAR—See Belajer.
BALAKEH (Baneh)—
A village of the district of Baneh. It is 4| farsahhs distant from Baneh
and I tarsakh from the Turkish frontier. It is distant 5 farsakh, from
Seiranbend; 8| from Alut; 2 farsakhs some say 1, from Kendesureh; and
1 jarsakh from Garmab. These two last villages are on the Seiranbend-Alut
road.
BALIK (Tribe)—
See tribes of Kurdistan.
BALKER (Merivan)—
A district of the village of Merivan. It is on the left of the Menvan-Senna
road, not far from the village of Bagh-Khan.
BALUANABAD (Eilak)—
village of the district of Eilak.
BANAVEH-SUTEH (Turkey)—
A village 3| farsakhs from Merivan and h farsakh from Penjvm on t e
road between those two places. {Customs.)
. BANEJAJ (Baneh)— , , , . ,
A village of the district of Baneh. It is at J farsakh to the left of the road
between the villages of Kanihaluseh and Kambard on the Banneh-Sardasht
road.— {Customs.)
BAN Fmmm9^o’1867 this family ruled with but few interruptions over Kurdistan
with the title of Yali.
The present representatives of this family are {a) the sons of Amanullah Khan
KWhik the last Yali of the BaniArdalan family, and known as Ghulam Shah
Khan He left three sons who fell into reduced circumstances, Husain Gull K an,
the eldest, known as Khan-Kfcman, receiving a government pension of about
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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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