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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [56v] (117/504)
The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 1907. 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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22
De Morgan says that Kurretu was built onty a few 3 r ears ago, by the
Kurdish chief Aziz Khan, on the right bank of the Zobab river. Aziz
Khan was a Turkish subject ; he is the chief of the Bajilans (Jaffs) and
was formerly a famous robber. About 12 years ago Zil-es-Sultan invited him
to Isfahan and offered him the keeping of the frontier. Up till that time
the country had constantly been devastated by the Bajlans themselves,
i -es-Sultan granted Aziz Khan a large extent of waste land between the
olwan and the Diyala ; had him named a General and granted him a
salary of 60
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per annum. Aziz Khan then undertook an expedition
m urkey in order to remove, as much as possible^ the tribes which he sus
pected of unfriendliness. He then returned and built Kurretu, where he
stationed the greater number of bis horsemen. He built other villages
nearer the frontier and there settled his sons and relatives; the Persian
frontier is now well guarded. But these same Bajlans, brought up in
brigandage, are now to Turkey what they were to Persia and very often
devastate the adjoining territory {De Morgen.) At Hoshkury the inhabi
tants are of the Shakeli branch of Bajlans.— {L. Leleux).
nu ^bers about 600 families and can raise 250 horsemen, but
part of these are Turkish Bajlans from Markaz and Bankudrep who in
return tor similar services, are ready, in case of need, to help their friends.
This tribe, as long as Aziz Khan was alive, floated between Turkish and
Persian allegiance.
_ Aziz Khan by his daring and courage had succeeded, to a large extent bv
Ins impudence, in making himself feared by his neighbours. ^
Aziz Khan, Shuja ul Marnalek, died in Nov. 1903 of grief, in not beino
able to revenge the death of his sons. ^
Kader Aga with his.followers, some 50 horsemen, inhabit the village of
J ■ la 'i L • /’ifY' 1 t l ?, r,,a ” 1 ° f Hels .constantly endeavouring to create
mise nef between the Gurans and the Bajlans, in order to cause as much
tiouhle as possible to his nephew Kerim Khan, the son of Aziz Khan, who
succeeded his father as chief of the tribe.
Kerirn Khan inhabits the village of Kuretu (80 houses). His younger
brother Kadei Aga inhabits the vdlage bearing his name. The villao-e of
Sirvan, which belonged to t his tribe, is now a heap of ruins, in consequent-e of
disputes with Mahmud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Jaff. The village of Hoshkury, on the frontie.
also belongs to this tr.be; and Kerim Khan has allowed fugitives from Turkey
Hoshkury! re ‘ 18 Hajji Selitns who is now k ^khoda
Kerim Khan supplies 15 horsemen and 15 tufangcbis to the D’Arcv
concession worts, at a salary of 15 and 10
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
respectively. 7
territory. 11 W6llS bel ° ng t0 th6 Bajlan but th ® Chiasurkh eam P on Guran
1904) B ^ laDS and Sllarafbaills are agriculturists and shepherds.”
BAJLAN—Mabidasht.
A village of the plain of Mabidasbt. It is part of Shellek.
BAKLAUI—Mabidasbt.
A village of the plain of Mahidasht. It is part of Khorneh.
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Gazetteer of the province of Kermanshah, Persia [Iran], compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino, Vice-Consul at Resht [Rasht] at the time of the gazetteer’s publication in 1907, and who had been Acting Consul at Kermanshah during 1904 and 1905. The gazetteer, which is marked for official use only, was issued by the Division of the Chief of the Staff of the Government of India, and published at the Government Central Printing Office, Simla [Shimla]. At the front of the volume is an introduction by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Malleson, Acting Quartermaster General for Intelligence, dated 22 March 1907, and a preface by the author, dated 24 June 1904, with notes on the transliteration system used (folios 4-5).
The gazetteer includes five appendices, numbered I to V, as follows:
- appendix I, a translation from the French original of a description of the road from Kermanshah to Mendali [Mandalī], via Harunabad [Eslāmābād-e Gharb] and Gilan [Sarāb-e Gīlān], as recorded in a journal by Leon Leleux, Inspector General of Customs at Kermanshah;
- II, a translation from the Persian original of a description of the villages in the immediate vicinity of the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). of Mahidasht, written by the Mirza of Customs at Mahidasht;
- III, a vocabulary of terms;
- IV, a list of the principal roads from Baghdad to Teheran via Kermanshah, with distances given in miles and farsakhs;
- V, a list of the notables of Kermanshah.
The gazetteer contains extensive extracts from a range of sources, including: an earlier, unspecified gazetteer, published in 1885; various works on Persia by British Government officials (including Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, the Viceroy of India George Nathaniel Curzon, Captain George Campbell Napier); published works by a number of scholars and explorers of Persia (notably Trevor Chichele Plowden, Jacques De Morgan, Henry James Whigham, and James Baillie Fraser); reports from other sources, including Leleux, and the Mirza of Customs at Mahidasht.
Some of the appendices’ pages appear to have been mixed up. Included among them are: a genealogical table of the princes of Kermanshah (f 239); and hierarchical tables listing the chiefs of the principal tribes of the province of Kermanshah (ff 244-245).
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- 1 volume (249 folios)
- Arrangement
The gazetteer’s entries are arranged alphabetically. An index at the front of the volume (folios 6-45) lists entries alphabetically, taking into account variations in the spelling of names. This index refers to the volume’s original pagination sequence.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 250; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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