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'Report on Kurdistan' [‎96r] (196/220)

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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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SERINJIANEH (Eilak)—
A village of the district of Eilak.
SERINJIANEH (Hubitu)—
A village of the district of Rnbitn.—(Government list.)
SERISHABAD (Eilak)—
A village of the district of Eilak.
SERISHABAD—
A village of over 100 houses in the district of Isfandabad.—(Napier.)
Perhaps same as above, and in Eilak, not Isfandabad.
SERVABAD—
A village in the vicinity of which the Ab-i-Surkaval and Ab-i-Merivan join.
SHAHABAD or KALEH SHAHABAD (Merivan)—
See Merivan village.
SHAHtN—
A halting place, 21 hours’ journey in five stages from Senna on the road to
Zuhab in Kirmanshah.— {Gerard.)
SHAH KALEH—
A village to the left of the road from Merivan to Sarah It is 1 farsakh from
Guricheh and 1 from Tainal. {Customs.)
SHAHR AYROMAN (Avroman Takht)—
Formerly the capital of Avroman Takht. It is in the Haushbadrani plain.
SHAHR-I-ZUR (Turkey)—
A place in Kurdistan, situated in a well cultivated and populated plain, crossed
by the road from Zuhab to Sulaimanieh. Rich peaks of Shahr-i-Zur as a dis
trict of which Gulambar is the capital, at the foot of the Ay roman range. The
plain of Sbahr-i-Zur is separated from the Shirvan by the Nilambu ridge. Sulai
manieh is about five stages.
SHAH-VALI—
A village of Hubetu, £ farsakh from Zarineh and £ farsakh from Kasnazan.—
{Customs.)
SHAHU MOUNTAIN—
See Report on Kurdistan, Part I.
SHAIKH ATTAR (Merivan)—
A village of the district of Merivan. It is 3|, 5|, or 6| farsakhs from Merivan,
2 or 1 from Bagh Khan, and 3J or If from Kakuzekria on the road from
Merivan to Senna.— {Customs.)
A small village of about 20 houses. It belongs to many proprietors, one of
them being the Karguzar of Senna.— {Mann.)
Lat. 35° 35' 4" ; Long. 46° 35'; Elev. 5,750'.
A village in the district of Merivan, near the foot of the Garran pass. It is
a wretched collection of some .twenty poverty-stricken hovels, 21 miles east
of Merivan.— {Plowden ; Gerard.)

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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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