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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [‎93v] (191/504)

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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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HUDAHEJ—Assadabad.
A village of the Assadabad district.
HUJUNABAD— Zir Darband.
A village of the Nilufar sub-district of Zir Darband. Maly at Krs.
23-488 dinars cash. It belongs to Fath-ul-Mama!ak.
HUKENI—
A village between Kani Charmi and Kau Kau. Kalhor district. [Native
information^)
HULEILAN—
Buluk or District of Huleilan—-
A tract of country, 35 to 40 miles south of Ketmanshab ; bounded on the
east by the Pisb-Kuh Lnristan, north by the small district of Harasam
and west by Bijawand ? It is und^r the Governorship of Ali Heza Khan
Mirpanj, son of the Yali of Pusht-i-Kuh. It is inhabited by Lur tribes,
known under the general designation of Huleilanis, and divided as follows:—
Dajivand, 300 families; Balavands, 300 families; Surkhameri, 200 families;
under the authority of Ali Reza Khan, son of Hussein Guli Khan Sarhang.
Although the district is part of the provinces of Kermanshah, the tribes and
land belong to the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh.
The Osmanavand and Jelalavand, the former having their yeilaks in
Mahidasht and under the authority of Zahir-ul-mulk Zengeneh, to whose
regiment they supply a contingent; the latter furnishing a contingent to
the Kerind Regiment, and have their Keshlaks in Huleilan.
The Chupankeras of various tribes, to whom the Kermanshah villagers
give the keeping of their ca tie for the cold season, come here for the winter
and rent pasture laud from the Huleilan tribesmen.
The asl of the malyat, paid by the Huleilanis, is Krs. 26,219-800 dinars
cash.
In Huleilan are important ruins, but consisting simply of tumuli. Mr,
De Morgan believes this to be the ancient Bit-Bounaki, and Eiwan to be
Naditu.
Amongst numerous Sassanian ruins Mr. De Morgan mentions Zeish and
Kalleh Sam as worthy of mention, but I do not know if they are really in
Huleilau or in Luristan.
“ The road to Huleilan leaves Kermanshah by Sarah and the Domb-i-
Shemsheh route ; goes to Sarvbenow, which is 3 farsakhs from town;
crosses the Ab-i-Merek and passes the villages of Daramrud and
Karaouaneh and the gaduk of Khalilan, 2| farsakhs from Sarvbenow. This
pass is rather difficult. The road then enters the Tang-i-Jaffar Khan, which
is in the territory of the Osmanavands. From Tang-i-Jaffar Khan the
road goes to Tang i-San Rustam, which is two farsakhs in length and
through jungle, forest and water-courses ; and then to the river Jizman
which separates the Osmanavands from the Jelalavands. From the terri
tory of the Osmanavands the road goes to Tang-i-Tash-Kabud in Kurdish,
Tashko, past which, one enters the district of Huleilan and Zardalan ; and
two faisakhs further on cne reaches Kalleh Kahereh, the emplacement of

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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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