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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [133v] (271/504)
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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The villagers are descended from various tribes, but are mostly Zenge-
nehs and Zoulelis.
Zouleh.*—A nomad tribe numbering some 1,000 houses ; and divided into
eight branches, which are designated by the name of their respective
kathodas.
Their encampments extend from Chamchamal to Assadabad. In sum
mer they till their fields ; in winter they go to the Keshlaks of the
Kalhurs, Sinjabis and Aivanis, where, after renting pastures for their
cattle, they settle for the cold season. The Zonlehs are Shiahs.
For many years they were under the authority of Hajji Abdul rahim,
Vekil ed Dowleh. Vekil ed Dowleh has lately been replaced by Jemal
ed Din Mirza, Mohtashem ed Dowleh.
Bisutun, lat. 34° SB' 4' / N., long. 4 7° 21' 2V / E, ; elevation, 1,437'70
metres; 21 miles from Kerman^hah, on the road to Hamadan and also on
that to Tabriz. Bisutun consists of 30 houses and a large
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
.
The river Gamasiab, an affluent of the Karusu, flows close by ; and there is
a good biiok bridge, recently repaired by Ala ed Dowleh.
Hajjiabad.—A village of about 00 houses, on the road from Kermanshah
to Bisutun, distant some 2 farsakhs from the latter. The ground near by
is strewn with remains of columns, and there are porphyry quarries not far
from the village.
Kurani.—A village near Hajjiabad, numbering 30 houses and inhabited
by the Kuranis ; the remains ot the tribe which was removed to Ears by
Karim Khan.
Bululc of Daru-Faraman .—A district situated to the east of Kermanshah,
and containing some 50 villages and hamlets.
The Governor is Mabmood Khan, chief of the Government grain stores,
who resides in Kermanshah.
The inhabitants are mostly, as in the Hersin district, of Lekk descent
and are Aliullahis.
There is a small sedentary tribe called Ahmadavand, who are said to
hail from Shiraz. TV hethev they have come trom there or simply returned
after having been transported there by Kerim Khan, is not known. They
are considered very active and intelligent. Their chief is Hajji Khan
Kalantar.
Some of the villages of this district are—Garrahan, the residence of
Sayyed Abdul-Azim Mirza, Aga Bakhsh, one of the chiefs of the Aliullahis,
who is considered by his adherents to be an incarnation of God. Most of
his adherents live in Mazanderan, Gilan and Azerbaijan, and come here
from time to time on a pilgrimage, Garraban numbers 50 houses.
Chaman Ismail, 2 farsakhs from Garraban, on the route to that place.
Cbaman Ismail numbers 20 horses.
. Baghileh^—Inhabited by Zends, who call themselves the descendants of
Karim Khan Zend.
Chehr.—Elevation, 1,420*60 metres. 20 houses. The residence of one of
the branches of the Zengeneh tribe.
Buluk of Mahidasht Chief place, village of the
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
of Mahi-
da^bt, tie first stage on the road from Kermanshah to Bagdad.
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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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