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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [128r] (260/504)
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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thoae beautiful and justly famed specimens of Persian workmanship. The
causes of this lamentable decline of the trade and the arts are owing to the
rapacity of its successive Governors, and to plague and cholera .”—(Gazetteer
of Persia, 1885.)
Two years later, Mrs. Bishop (1887) wrote: “Kermanshah is famous
for its rugs, as carpets are called in this country. There are from 25 to 80
kinds, with their specific names.”
Mrs. Bishop must have been misled on this point, as it is quite certain
that at the time of her visit to Kermanshah, the carpet industry no longer
existed in this province,
“ A few carpets are made in Kermanshah ; they are fine and good in
quality, but Kermanshah has not advanced with the rest of the country,
and in consequence the designs are poor, being only of two kinds, the well-
known one called Herati, and the equally well-known shawl design.”
“ The Kermanshah people do not appear to use aniline dyes to the same
extent as the Kurds.”—1899.)
Some fine carpets are occasionally made by the Guran women. Gilims,
some of them greatly appreciated, are woven in Hersin, Kerind and a few
other places. The carpet industry has nearly disappeared. The Kurds
prefer weaving Giliros, which are sooner finished and easily sold, and not
often confiscated by the Chiefs of the tribes or the Governors.
Mules and horses are bred in great numbers. There are extensive
pasture lands, and forage is plentiful. The horses when well bred
have much Arab blood, and fetch good prices. The mules are strong, and
most of the charvadars apply to this province for their requirements.
To buy horses one has to go to the tribes, as few are brought to
Kermanshah for sale, and few are exported via Baghdad, on account of the
heavy duty charged by the Turkish authorities.
Mules up to the age of four years can be bought in the villages; past
that age they are taken over by charvadars for transport. A good, fully
developed mule fetches from 50 to 100
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
Kermanshah was for many years famous for its horses, but the breeding
Horseg> is not what it used to be. From 50 to 100 Arab
horses are brought every year from Baghdad by
pilgrims. Prices range from 30£ T. to 1C0£ T. These horses are seldom
offered for sale.
Horses are bred by the Sinjabis, Kalhors and Kuliais ; and in Kurdistan
and a few of the villages.
The Kalhors, having many horsemen, have not many horses for sale. They
dispose of a few to the pilgrims passing from Kermanshah, to Khanikin, or
vice versa.
The Sinjahi horses have much Arab blood, and, although rather small,
are better than other horses of the province. The Sinjabis are said to
have about 1,000 horses and mares, producing yearly 200 foals. They are
good for draught and as beasts of burden.
The Kuliais have some 500 to 600 horses, producing yearly about 100
colts. Their horses are said to be not very strong. They occasionally
buy mares for breeding purposes from the Jaffs and Khezels.
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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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