'Report on Kurdistan' [‎87r] (178/220)

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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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LAK—LUR
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LAK (Tribe)—
Probably same as La’leh.
See Tribes of Kurdistan.
LA’LEH (Tribe)—
See Tribes of Kurdistan.
LALIN (Kalatarzan)—
A village of the district of Kalatarzan.— {Government list.)
LANJAB (Hubitu)—
A village of the district of Hubitu.— {Government list.)
LEILAK (Tribe)—
Same as LaTeh and probably as Lak or Lek. See tribes of Kurdistan.
^ LIU (Merivan)—
A village of the district of Merivan. It is 2| farsaJchs from Vaisseh and
] i from Baiveh on the road between the two.— {Customs.)
I'mlkk LUABUSH—
A wide valley in Kurdistan, crossed at 28 miles from Faki-Soleiman on
the road to Kirmanshah.— {Gerard.)
LUN (Javarud)—
A village of the district of Javarud.— {Government list.)
Probably the same as the following.
LUN— Elev. 5,810'.
A village of Saiyids standing at the head of a valley draining from the north
. side of the Zarna mountain along the eastern base of the Shahu range to the
Sirvan river. The inhabitants are the descendants of Saiyids, who migrated
from Turkey 60 years ago (1830), and were granted lands by the Yali of
Kurdistan. The valley of Lun is broad and cultivated and well watered by
streams from Zarna. The people, who number 100 houses own large flocks and
herds. Wood is plentiful on the Zarna mountain and Shahu Tange.— {Burton.)
LUN AKHUND— Elev. 5,910'.
A hamlet of 15 houses, an offshoot of Lun. It stands to the south of the
Senneh-Javanrud road where it crosses a spur from Zarna about 2 miles before
reaching Lun, to the west. No trees and little cultivation j the people^ are
* employed in grazing cattle and sheep on the upper slopes of the mountain.
{Burton.)
LUR (Tribe)-'
See Tribes of Kurdistan.
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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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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/21
Title: 'Report on Kurdistan'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:107v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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