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'Report on Kurdistan' [65v] (135/220)
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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DAR—DAS
118
DARRAHKI (Avroman)—
A village of Avroman on the road from Merivan to Javanrud and Rovansar
at 6i farsakhs from Merivan. From here a rdad branches off to the right
towards Shahr Avroman, which is 1 farsakh distant. This road runs across
the plain of Haushbadrani, celebrated on account of the Wars with the Auramis.—
(Customs.)
DARREHBAD (Hubitu)—
A village of the district of Kubitu—(Government list.)
DARREH-HARD (Merivan)—
A village of the district of Merivan. It is very small and filthy. It is 3J
farsakhs distant from Hazarkanian of Saral and about 3 farsakhs from bhaikh
Attar.— (Mann.)
DARREH-KHUSHKEH or DARAVOSHKEH—
A village 41 farasakhs from Kakozekria and 4 farsakhs from Duveisseh and
7 from Senna on the Merivan-Senna road. Other information says 10£
farsakhs from Merivan and 9| from Senna.— (Customs.)
> A place in the Merivan (?) district of Kurdistan, between Shaikh Attar and
Baruder, 38£ miles west of Senna.— (Gerard.)
DARREH-MAN (Kalatarzan)—
A village of the district of Kalatarzan .—(Government list.)
darreh-sufteh—
A village to the left of Senna-Sakiz road at 121 farasakhs from Senna.
From here to the frontier of Garrus it is 2 farsakhs. (Customs.)
DARREH-TIFI (Merivan.)—
A village of the district of Merivan ; it is £ farasakh from Eskul on the road
thence to Kam-Miran.— (Customs.)
DARVISH (Tribe)—
See tribes of Kurdistan.
DASHT-I-KALEH—
A fine plain in Kurdistan between Merivan fort and Penjvin, close to the
Turkish frontier. The land is Miri.—(T. C. Plowden.)
D ASHT-I-KAT AV ON— ' . . .
A valley in Kurdistan watered by the Ab-i-Katavon. This valley is situated
between Kalaju and Astarabad, is fine and open running east and west and
It f aT from the caravan route from Senna to Sulaimameh. (T. C. Plowden.)
DASTELAL (Bane.h)—
A sub-district of Baneh, chief place Siaumeh.
DASHT-TAL (Baneh)— . , ^ .
A sub-district of Baneh, chief place Satkeh. Tal in Kurdish is the Persian
talkh bitter. This plain was formerly called Dasht Khush, “ the pleasant plam,
but Nadir Shah passed a very bad mght when m camp h^e and or^
the name of the place to be changed from Dasht-Khush to Dasht Talkh.
(Customs.)
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:107v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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