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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [130r] (264/504)
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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169
Prom north-east to soutli-west the great ranges of mountains are:
“ Kuh-i-Delakhani, lvuh-i-Parro, Ku'i-i-Hu^anek continued by Kuh-i-
Scfi i and Kuli-i-Gelu, Kuh-i-Perkirmerz continued by Kuh-i-Bozan and
Kuh-i-Sberek, Kubi-Oalahu and Kuli-i-Behlul (these two latter knowrf
the ancients under the name of Zagros), and finally the Kalb or
mountains, Noah-Kuh, Kuh-i-Somboleh, Kuh-i-Anurek, and Shah Kuh,
which are situated at the Turkish frontier.
“ Mount Dalahu is the highest mountain of the Province, and its summit
is always snow-capped. Between these various mountain-ranges are
usually extensive plains and valleys, where the greater part of the sedentary
population of the province are settled.
“ The country between Hamadanand Zohabis all mountainous, and forms’
part of the ranges bordering Iran, that is to say, the succession of peaks
and valleys whh h allow one to pass from the heights of Hamadan (eleva-
firm 1 S 7 m Ti ^ ^ ^ U A rv
metres). This descent is
gradual, and covers about 50
farsakhs (300 kilo-
metres). The following
Baghdad :—
ire the elevations on the
M etres.
road from Hamadan to
Metres.
Ham ad an'
1,870
Kerind
...
... 1,160
Assadabad
2,840
Tak-i-Gerreh
• ••
... l,9 n O
Kang.war ...
1,560
Sar-i-pol
• • •
670
^ahna ... ...
1,420
Kasr i-Sbirins
»•«
575
Bis. tun ... ...
1,350
Khanekin
320
Kennanshah
Harunabad
1,470
1,320 !
Baghdad
... 40-
“ ^l' e mineral resources of the country are marble, plaster, lime, coal an<f
fcaphtha.”
“ The frontier of the province of Kermanshah has never been definitely
delimited, and if it had, would only be of theoretical interest, on account of
the yearly migrations of the nomad tribes.
The Turkish Customs together with the Regie hafe built from Hoorin
and Sheikhan to Baghcheb, which is 3 farsakhs south of Kalleh Sabzi, eight
towers, from which the frontier can easily be controlled. These towers known
as Kishleh, although placed at spots arbitrarily chosen, are accepted as marking
the frontier. South of Bagbcheh there are no towers, and the frontier between
Saumar and Mendaliis formed by the Kumesang hills, but the Turks contest
this and lay claim to the whole plain of Saumar. The tribes along the
frontier are, from north to south, the Sharafbainis, Jafd Muradis, Bajlans,
Gurans, Jaff-i-Pattfr-Beg, Sinjabis, Ahmadavands, Kalhors and Eivanis/'--
(Cesari, 1904.)
The villages of the province of Kermanashah are, like all over Persia,
either Khalesseh (Government property) or Tuyools (Government property
granted for life to private individuals in lieu of pension^), or Milkiat (belong
ing to private landlords), or Khurdeh Malek (belonging to the villager®
themselves and divided up in small portions).
According to the Government books, the taxation on land amounts to
72,000 tomans—but much more is in fact exacted.
The Government taxes on land are according to an old kitabcheh, from
rough estimates and surveys made 30 years ago. The result is that many
flourishing villages have practically no taxes to pay, whilst others, now in
ruin, are heavily burdened.
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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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- ‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’
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