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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [134v] (273/504)
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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178
OsmanavancL—A small Lnr tribe* numbering some 400 bouses. It is
under the authority of Zahir-ul-Mulk* to whose regiment it supplies a com
pany of .100 meo.
The Osmanavand have their yeilak near their village of Osmanavand,
near the plain of Mahidasht. Their Kashlahs are in Huieilan, Toe Osmana*
vands are Aiiullahis.
Samereh.—'About 100 years ago* the Samereh Seyyeds left Bagdad and
took refuge in the plain of Mahidasht. They number at present about 100
families* and have acquired some 30 to 40 hamlets in which they have settled.
They also have in their keeping the villages, which Sheikh Ali Khan Zengeneh
converted into whakf, for the benefit of pilgrims. The Seyyeds Samereh are
Shiahs.
In the plain of Kermanshah are also to be found small tribes,^ which have
no importance whatever. Such are the Mahmoodvand of the Jaif-i-b atlabegi,
the Turkanshavand, who number some 100 houses, and are also to be found
sometimes in the Paran Mountains.
In winter they buy pastures from one of the tribes* and settle there with
their cattle for the cold season.
The Sharahzubu a small tribe of 25 families* under the Zen gene b.
The Khormavoi, a small tribe who came over from Luristan.
Zouleh-Zengeoeh, a small tribe now forming part of the Zengeneh tribe.
It supplies a few soldiers to one of the eight companies of the Zengeneb regi
ment. This tribe is probably closely connected with the great Zouleh tribe,
whose encampments extend from Ghamchamal to Assadabad. This latter
tribe is known under the name of Zouleh-Mammoo, the former being called
Zouleh*Zengeneh.
Bahtiaravand.—The Bahtiaravand are a branch of the Sinjabis, but have
severed their connection with the tribe. The Bahtiaravand, who have remain
ed as a small tribe* and inhabit the villages of Siah Siah, Gurgabi* Tamtam,
Birda and Gumishtar, furnish some 50 sowars to the Government, and are
under the authority of Zahir-ul-Mulk Zengeneh. Their chief is Ueza Sultan.
Some Bahtiaravand have settled in other villages of the district of Kerman
shah or Baladeh, such as Sar Ab Nilnfar* Shahiui* &c.
The tribe are settled on the frontier line of the Kermanshah and Kurdis
tan Governorships* near Mian Darbend.
Buluk of Harunahad .— Chief place Harunabad* lat. 34° 6' 36' / N.;
elevation 4,800 feet. A village, 36 miles south-west of Kermanshah and
20 miles from Kerind. It is Gtuated nearly at the rise ot one of the
sources of the river Kerkah ; its population inhabit it only in the summer.
Harunabad, which is called Harunieh by the Kurds, numbers 70 houses,
and is built on the ruins of a town, said to have been built by Havun al
Kashid.
The Governor of the district is Daoud Khan
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
* Saham-ul-Mamalek*
who is also at present chief of the Kalhur tribe.
The Deh nishins and Sahra nishinsare all Kalhors.
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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)
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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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