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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [129r] (262/504)
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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167
A certain number of cows and oxen are bred in the province, but the
CovvSs Kermanshah peasantry have, however, to import
cows and oxen from Luristan. The nomads who
use cows and oxen, not only to plough their fields, but also to carry their
tents and belongings, seldom, if ever, part with them.
Beef in Kermanshah is good. Oxen, which refuse to carry the yoke, are
given over to the slaughter-house.
Herds of goats are to be found in the mountainous districts of Kerman-
Goatsi< shah ; goats' hair is used in the manufacture of
tents. Goat-skins are either dried for export to
Baghdad and Marseilles ; made up into coverings for ghi, or turned into
water skins or “ mashks/"’ of which every nomad family has at least two
or three.
Sheep are plentiful in the province of Kermanshah, and form part of the
gheep. wealth of the nomads. Wool is exported in large
quantities, and a considerable amount of ghi is
produced j but Governors usually prohibit the exportation of ghi to the
interior of Persia. This year's permits could be obtained by the payment of
60 krans per kharvar.
The Kurds of the mountains and province of Kermanshah, in a great
Cattle. degree, supply the Teheran, Hamadan, Korn and
Baghdad markets with sheep. To these places they
drive whole flocks destined for sale, but of late they prefer selling their
flocks in Turkey.
Guts —About 40 sheep and goats are killed daily in Kermanshah and,
during the pilgrim season, the number is sometimes as high as 140. In sum
mer, when the flocks of the lliyats (nomads) are near lion, for every three
goats, one sheep is killed, whilst in winter the proportion is the reverse.
Guts from goats are about 17 to 18 zars Tabrizi long, and sheep-guts are
from 24 to 30 zars long. The guts have to be cleaned and made into lengths
of 28 metres. 1,000 guts, which cost uncleaned from 9 to 20
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, give
about 700 cleaned and prepared guts, fetching 40
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. Until quite
recently guts were simply thrown away.
The amount of prepared guts, exported yearly from the province of
Kermanshah, is as follows :—
Number of guts.
From
To
Kermanshali ...
18,000
20,000
Sungor ...
5UO
700
Kangavar
700
800
Assadahad ...
800
900
In all from 20,000 to 22.400 guts, worth about 1,000 to 1,300
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
Ghi, which is sold at from 4 to 6 krans at the beginning of spring, rises
to 10 or 12 krans in winter, and is usually bought up in summer by rich
people, to be sold in winter at famine prices.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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