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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [60v] (125/504)
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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30
~ abo these signs, which, however, do not appear to belong to any alphabet.
* Some of them are as follows :—-
The first sign was on a stone in the ruins, the others in the
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
.
The only sculpture on the scarp was a single female mask ; from the foot
of the rock, the foundation of a massive wall runs down across the plain to
the vicinity of the caravan serai. ^ ( E. L % Mitford F, li. G, 8, From
England to Ceylon forty years ago, 1884),
Inscription and Bas-Relief of Darius—
The inscriptions and bas-reliefs of Darius are at about 300 ft above
the ground, and consist of a large inscription^ occupyinga surface about 150
ft. long and 100 ft. high, and containing an inscription in cuneiform in
old Persian, with translations in new Babylonian and new Susian or
Elamite. One-third of the whole is illegible, the Persian inscription being
the most damaged. It contains a memorial of the doings of Darius
Hystaspes (521-185 B.C.) and the history of the defeat of bis rivals or
enemies, who are represented in the bas-relief immediately over the inscrip
tion.
One can, with no great difficulty, get to within 30' of the inscription,
but to get np to the inscription, a rather dangerous climb of some 100', is
necessary.
The bas-relief represents Darius with a bow in bis hand and the prostrate
figure of Gaumata under him ; behind are two warriors, one holding a bow,
the other a spear. In front are the various rebels or enemies he overcame,
all tied to each other by the neck. The figure of Darius is larger than the
others. Above is the figure of divinity or Auramazda (Ormuzd), holding
a circlet in one hand and pointing towards Darius with the other.
There are tablets (11 in all) over the King for the prisoners, givino* their
names ; with the exception of the tablet for Gaumata which is under him
and the one of the third prisoner which is partly on him and partly behind/
All the tablets are in the three above mentioned languages except the
first and last, in which the new Babylonian translation has been omitted.
The following is the translation of the 11 tablets :—
lirst tablet, nearly a repetition of the first four paragraphs of the loro’p
inscription under the bas-relief ° x a ge
I am Darius, the great King, the King of Kings, King of Persia Kino*
of the Provinces, the son of Hystaspes, the grandson of Arsames the
Achaememan. 1 bus spoke Darius, the King : ‘ My father was Hystaspes
of Hj staspes, the father was Arsames of Arsames, the father was
Aria latrines of Ariaramnes, the father was Teispes of Teispes, the father was
Acnaemens .
tUrns spoke Darius, the King : ' On that account we are called Achae-
menians. Since the time of our ancestors we have reigned. Since the time
of mir ancestors were we a royal race.’ Thus spoke Darius, the King •
Eight of my ancestors were kings : 1 am the ninth. In two lines (branches
of my family) there have been nine kingsY'
taro
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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)
- 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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