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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [‎59v] (123/504)

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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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BIRREHSHAHL— Kerind.
A village of the Biwanij sub-district of Kericd.
See Biwanij.
<< a rvlcn'n in Kpirrrm.nsliah. on the barik o£ the Holvan river and between
at Pa-i-Tak ” ( Gazetteer .)
BISHIVEHI.—Kerindis.
A division of the Kerindi tribe. They derive their came from the
plain where they reside Their chief is Mehdi Guli Khan.
BISHKAN.—Zohab.
A village inhabited by Bajdans. The Bajdans have here a^ post of 50
horsemen, under Kader Aga ; to protect the country against the incursions of
the Jaffs. Bishkan is situated at a Kal or defile leading from the north
of the Zohab plain to the plain of Sar-kalleh. Bishkan is the residence of
Kader Aga Bajilan. Usually known under the name of Kader Aga.
BISUTUN.—Chamcbamal.
Lat. 34° 23' 4". Long. 47° 2U 24' / . Elev. 1,437' 70 metres [Dr. Mann).
A village of the Chamchamal district. It is situated 21 miles west of
Kermanshah on the road to Hamadan, and also on that to Sungur and Tabriz.
Bisutun consists of 30 houses and a large caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). . The river Gamasiab,
an affluent of the Karasu, flows close by, and there is a good brick
bridge recently repaired by Ala-ed-Dowleh. A few supplies are procurable.
The rock of Bisutun is nearly perpendicular. The surrounding c ountry is
crossed by numerous irrigation streams, dotted with many villages and
covered with corn crops.
A large caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , but accommodation iu houses fair. (//. A Sawyer.)
Ask for house of Haider Khan Sartip.
Elev.—4,500 ft. [Survey Department map)
Bisutun, which is famous on account of the inscriptions and tablets of
Darius, was, by its position on the high way from Ecbatana to Babylon, a
fit place for the records of the exploits of the various monarchs who had
marched their armies across this country.
“The position assigned to Bagistan (The hill of Jove according to
Diodorus) by both writers [i e. Isidore and Diodorus), and the description
of Diodorus, identify the place, beyond a doubt, with the now famous
Behistan (Bisutun), where the plain, the fountain and the scarped surface
are still to be seen, though the supposed figure of Semiramis, her pillar and

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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).

Extent and format
1 volume (249 folios)
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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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