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'Report on Kurdistan' [‎74r] (152/220)

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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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present owners of Hazarkanian came to the district of Saral and founded the
village of Nalshikan not far from Hazarkanian. He assisted a chief of the
Bebe Kurds who had been driven away from Sulaimanieh, and who, when he
came again to his own, granted his host lands in Shahr-i-Zur. The son returned
to Saral and founded Hazarkanian.— [Mann.)
HEIJANAN (Sakiz)—
A village of the district of Sakiz. It is to the right of the Baneh-Sakiz
road, the opposite side of the river, at 2 farsakhs from Sakiz.— (Customs.)
HEIJANAN (Hubitu)—
A village of Hubitu, 1 farsakh distant from Karadarreh and 1 from Zarineh-
Yermeziar.— (Customs.)
HIJAN (Saral)—
A village of the district of Saral.— (Government list.) ,
HILISABAD—
A village in Kurdistan, 11 miles from Senna on the Hamadan road, 2 miles
to the left of it.— (Kinneir.)
Probably the same as Khalizabad.
HISAR (Turkey)—
Name of a place in Kurdistan two hours from Gulambaron the road to
Sulaimanieh in Turkey.
There are three good wells here : each well is provided with a masonry
f drinking trough : water 10 feet to 15 feet from surface.— (Bell ; Rich.)
HU AT-EH (Hubitu)—
A village of the district of Hubitu.— (Government list.)
HUBITU—
A district of Kurdistan. See Part I.
HU-I-YAVAR—
A village in Kurdistan on the northern slope of the Tabla-Kuh (Kuh-Abdalan)
and south of and several hundred feet above the junction of the Kishlaq and
Gav-rud rivers. It contains 100 houses, and below it are a vast number of
fruit gardens, vineyards and plantations of willow trees, which descend to the
water’s edge. The place is owned by Parviz, Tajer Bashi of Senna, a wealthy
Christian merchant; the revenue is 1,500 tumans, but is only paid once every
three years. The surrounding hills contain pasturage for sheep and goats,
and a certain amount of corn is grown. Partridges abound in the neighbour
hood.—( Vaughan.)
HUSAINABAD—
A village to the right of the Senna-Sakiz road^ at 5 farsakhs from Senna.—
(Customs.)
HUSAINABAD (Kalatarzan) —
A village of the district of Kalatarzan.— (Government list.)
HUSAINABAD—
A district of Kurdistan. See Part I.

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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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