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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [79v] (163/504)
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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EINALGAZ—Sahna.
Two villages of the Sahna district. They pay revenue direct to Ker*
manshah.
EINALKOSH or GARDANEH EINALKOSH—
A pass, two farsakhs from Kermanshah, on the road from Ker man shah
to Mahidasht.
El VAN—Buluk or district of Eivan.
A large district, which borders on Lnristan towards the south, and on the
Turkish town of Mcndali to the west.
Governor in 1902, Hedayetullah Khan Sartip.
This district is inhabited by the Eivanis, a tribe very closely connected to
the Kalhors, who are said, years ago, to have been under their authority.
They number 2,000 families. They are cultivators and have a certain
amount of cattle.^ They pay 2,200
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
asl and farh malyat per
annum, the asl being Karans 16,783-850 dinars only.
The Eivanis furnish no military contingent.
Ei.van extends up to Kumehsang, at | tarsakh from Mendali.
The Ab-hGangir, which supplies the town of Mendali, has its source
near Siumar in the Eivan district. The inhabitants of Mendali pay the
Eivanis 100 to 150
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per annum, in return for use of the water.
The small district of Harasaum, which nominally forms part of the Eivan
district, is inhabited by the so-called Harasami, descendants of settlers who
migrated here from Kermanshah. They number some 200 families.
EIVANI—
A tribe inhabiting Eivan. It is very closely connected to the Kalhors,
who are said, years ago, to have been under their authority.
They number 2,000 families. They are cultivators and have a certain
amount of cattle. They pay 2,200
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
malyat per annum and furnish
no military contingent.
tiheir present chiefs are : Ahmad Khan, Ammanullah Khan and lied ay ct-
uilah Khan. J
i lieir territory extends up to Kumehsang, near Mendali.
The Ab-i-Gangir, which supplies the town of Mendali. has its sourc.
near Saumar m the Eivan district. The inhabitants of Mendali pay tin
Ll lT\\r . 0 P er annum, in return for use of the water.
Mr Plow den m 1881 wrote about the Eivanis: "They are cultivator!
and shepherds, and are armed with old flint guns. 'Their chiefs ar<
Zuifikar and Khan An mad Khan, uncle and nephew/*
The Asl of the Malyat payable by the Eivanis is: Krs. 16,783-35(
dinars cash. >
^The tribe of Eivan is now completely under Daoud Khan. The plain
of Saumar where they have their winter quarters, is claimed by the Turks.
Daoud fe.han has allowed Amanullah Khan to retain the chiefship of bis
Jbetii , f e r oo en 1 ' eme ™ bers tbe past greatness of his family, and
f ,7 ‘ ei! > t!1 j v 7 - ea l• S ’ wele a ^ e to keep independant and to
pa3bt ' i ' Kuh and tha iikh ^ 1 tke
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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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