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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [‎96v] (197/504)

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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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Hakims, or Governors, are referred to them. In all eases of marriage the
elder is first consulted, and his consent procured as a preliminary. The tribes
seldem intermarry. The elders recommend the families whose daughters
may be selected for wives; but, whenever one tribe refuses to give their
daughters in marriage to another, it is esteemed aa affront and a motive
for strife.
“ The Persian Government is ever jealous of the migration of these
tribes, and they cannot remove from one province to another, without first
having obtained the Shah's permission.
“ In times of trouble, such as the death of the King, frequently, if they
be strong enough to encounter opposition, they pass from their old haunts
to better places.
“We have said before that the possessions of the Iliyats consist of
cattle. These are camels, horses, mares, cows, oxen, mules, asses, sheep
and goats, beside a fine race of dogs. Their pastures, although open to
the Shah, the Princes, and other great men of the country, may also be
said to be their property, inasmuch as they have liberty to rano'e over
them, unless there has been issued a “Kuruk” or prohibition.
“ Their property, if it maybe so called, consists of tents, carpets, bed-
ding, cooking utensils, large cauldrons in which they boil the rogham or
preserved butter, skins to shake butter and sour milk in, and all the rude
furniture of shepherds. Much of their furniture consists of camel pack-
saddles, ornamented bridles for the chief camel, besides other ornaments in
beads, &c.
“ Then there are saddles for horses and palans for mules, and a sort of
padded cushion for the back of their tents.
“Anlliyatof middling fortune possesses about a hundred sheep, three
or four camels, three or four mares, ten asses, etc. A man who possesses a
thousand sheep, thirty camels, twenty mares, etc., is reckoned a rich man.
“ The revenue of such a property is derived from the wool and milk of
sheep, the wool and hire of camels, the colts from the mares and asses •
the female camel brings forth every two years, the mare every year, and the
sheep once a year. In some parts of Persia, particularly among the Kurds
who enjoy the finest pasturage, the ewes produce twice a year.
“The patrimony of an Hiyat is divided among his children, according to
the Mussulman law : two-thirds to the sons, and one-third to the daughters •
the latter taking the clothes and valuables belonging to the mother. S " ’
“The value of an Hiyat tent is about 6 to 7 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. . It is made of goats'
hair, consisting of cloths of about a foot and a quarter in width, woven bv
the women. All the members of a family—man, women, and children—
are usually employed spinning goats' hair, which is either in actual use in
the loom or laid by for sale.
They weave the cloth m a portable loom, which they fix in the rudest
manner possible, but which answers all the purposes for which it is intended.
This cloth is of strong texture, impervious to rain, and will last twenty years.
The covering of one of the tents is generally about 40 feet in length 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).

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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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