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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [138v] (281/504)
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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186
Thfl plain of Zohab is practically deserted in summer. There are hut
\illages, some of thpm, such as Bishkan, inhabited by Bajlans and ctlnrs;
such as Zohab, inhabited by Jaffs. North of the plain of Zohab is the plain
of Sarkalleh, which is the garmsir of the two branches of Jaffs, who are
under the Gurans. (Rich speaks of a village named S srkalieh, 9 miles
east of Zohab, but the plain has no village in it now ) North of this
plain are the plains of Hoorin and Sheikhan, inhabited by Sharafbainis.
These plains extend up to the frontier.
The plain of Zohab is very well irrigated ; tbe greater part of it, up to
Sar-i-pol, is turned into rice fields. The plain of Sarkdleh is no more under
cultivation. The plains of Hoorin and Sheikhan are very well irrigated, and
yield a large supply of grain and rice.
The whole district is in constant fear of invasion by the Jaffs. .Against
the Jaffs, Kader Aga Bajlan has a post of 50 horsemen at Bishkan, a kal
leading from the north of the plain of Zohab to the plain of Sarkalleh.
Aziz Beg Sharafbaini receives monetary subsidies from the Government of
Kermanshah to maintain 100 horsemen, and Aziz Khan Bajlan is posted
at Kuratu with 100 horsemen.
Bajlan. The Bajlans under Persian nde barely number 200 families.
.Fheii chiefs are Aziz Khan at Kuretu and Kader Aga at Bishkan. Kader
Aga and Aziz Khan are constantly at feud, one with the other. Kader
A^a s son was killed in March last. To prevent tbe freouent recurrence
of fights and effusion of blood, the present Governor of Kermanshah has
removed Kader Aga from Bishkan to Kuretu, thus separating the two rival
families. The Bajlans are Sunnis.
Shaiafbaini. d he Sharafbainis, whose chief is Aziz Beg (bis residence
being at Hcorin), number some 1,000 families. They speak the Jaff dialect
and are Sunnis. They are probably a branch of the great Jaff tribe. They
say that they came from Mosul to Persia during the reign of the Saffavi
monarchs.
Sinjabi.—Under Shir Khan/ Samsam ul Mamalek. Their garmsirs are
si mate between Kasr Shirin and the Turkish fr- ntier ; their yeilaks no:th
ot Mahidasht plain. The real Sinjabis number barely 500 families, but,
with other nomads who have joined them at a later period and with the
se en ary population of their villages, their number is said to reach some-
1Emilies. They are of the Aliullahi persuasion. They
supp y ) hoi semen to the Government. The Sin jabis are divided into : —
Division.
Sub-Divisions.
Chief,
Chalabi ,,,
t • t
• ft
Chalabi
Ellahi Khan.
Gulgul ...
Cbalabi Ellahi Khan
•••
Gulgul ...
Nassur Beg.
Dalian
Surkbavand
• ••
Surkhaki
Aziz Khan.
Abbasavand or Hawassavand
Dark bar
• • t
Rabbaravand
Darkbiir
Jan Khan.
Scofi
• ••
Jeilavand
Soofi ... ... w
Ali Mohammed Khan.
t
Mnjuleilan or ^iijirweilan
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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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