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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [114r] (232/504)
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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187
KANDULAI—Zengenehs.
A branch of the Zengeneh tribe. They derive their name from the
village of Kenduleh. They furnish 2 companies of 100 men each to the
Zengeneh regiment. Their Chief is Hassan Khan. They are sedentary.
KANG&RSHAH—
A stream of Eastern Kermanshah, It flows through the plain in which
the town of Sungur lies The Janisar, from the west ; joins it between
Sungur and Bisutun at the Dinavar defile, whence they flow south-west.
KANGARU—
“ A village of 20 houses in Kermanshah, J mile to the left of the Tabriz-
Kerrnanshah road in a narrow defile, about 79 miles from the latter place.' , ■ , —
[Napier.)
KANG A VAR—Kangavar.
Chief place of the District of Kangavar :
Latitude 34° 29" 24 // N. Elevation 6,020 feet.
Dr. O. Mann reckoned the elevation at 1642*40 metres.
Kangavar is on the road from Hamadan to Kermanshah, 55 miles from
Kermanshah, east by north.
It is built on a series of natural and artificial mounts, and is remarkable
for the ruins of a temple, probably the temple of Anaitis. There is here a
telegraph office, a post office and a relay of 6 horses for the postal service.
In 1873, Kangavar had a population of 1,000 left out of 2,500 which it
had before the famine. The population at present can safely be put at
1,800 houses.
Kangavar is divided in 7 quarters: Gachkan, Dahaneh Bazaar, Sar-
Musala, Varmeziari, Sarajub, Shahrabad, Pusht-i-Imamzadeh. There is
a quarry close by, named Shelmarran, in whhdi three unfinished columns
are still to be seen, and whence the columns of the temple of Anaitjs
were brought.
a Kangavar is an important village, as it is on the eastern end of the
Bisutun gap. From here the roads from Hamidanand the road from Daulat-
abad and Kom meet. Seems a prosperous village, with good mud houses ;
The Hakim’s is an imposing building.'”—(7/ J. Sawyer,)
The cultivation of the province is daim and abi grain-fields (wheat and
barley), opium, cotton and peas. , ' '
Nomad Khezels come from the Khezel district and camp here in summer.
Kangavar is called by the ancient Arab writers “ Kasr al Lossus.'”
C Rawlinson gives it as the site of the ancient Coneobar, which was in
the neighbourhood of Adrapan, on the road leading to Baghistnn. He
also thinks it might be the Chavon of Diodorus where, according to the
Sicilian historian, Semiramis built a palace and laid out a paradise. Here*
in the time of Isidore, was a famous temple of Artemis; probably a
temple of Anaitis, whose worship was widespread in Media, Susiana and
Cappadocia.
Kiev. 5,740 ft. [Survey Bejpt, Hays*)
KANGAVAR— : , ;
Buluk oh Disthici? of Kangavau-«
Chief place ; Kangavar,
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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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