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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [140r] (284/504)
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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189
“ Scarcely a fifth of the arable land in this district is now under culti
vation, acd certainly the revenues might be raised, with proper care, to ten
times their present amount,”
The district of Zohab is at present rented to the chief of the Gurans for
the sum of 12,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
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Ahmadavand Chalabi, a branch of the great Hamavand tribe which
inhabited the neighbourhood of Kasr-i-Shirin and Sar-i pol-i-Zohab.
The Ahmadavand Chalabi were claimed by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Bagdad as
Turkish subjects, and after the death ot‘ Jan Mir Khan they crossed the
frontier and settled in Turkish territory.
A son of Jan Mir Khan was in Kermanshah a few months ago, but was
politely asked by the Governor of Kermanshah to go and rejoin his tribe.
Balulc of Aivan ,—A large district which borders on Luristan towards
the south, and on the Turkish town of Mendali to the west.
Governor, Hedayetullah Khan Sartip.
This district is inhabited by the Aivanis, a tribe very closely connected
to the Kalhors, who are said years ago to have been under their authority.
They number some 2,000 families. They are cultivators, and have a
certain amount of cattle. They pay 2,200
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
maliyat per annum, and
furnish no military contingent.
Their present chiefs are Ahmad Khan, Ammanullah Khan and
Hedayetullah Khan.
Their territory extends up to Kumesang, near Mendali.
The Ab-i-Gangir, which supplies the town of Mendali, has its source
near Soumar in the Aivan district. The inhabitants of Mendali pay the
Aivanis 100 to 150
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per annum, in return for the use of the water.
The small district of Harasam, which nominally forms part of the Aivan
district, is inhabited by the so-called Harasami, descendants of settlers who
migrated here from Kermanshah. They number some 200 families.
Buluk of Huleilan .—A tract of country 35 to 40 miles south of
Kermanshah, bounded on the east by the Pish Kuh Luristan, north by the
small district of H^rasam and west by Bijawand. It is under the governor
ship of Ali Eeza Khan Mirpanj, son of the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh. It is
inhabited by Lur tribes, known under the general designation of Huleilanis,
and divided as follows :—Dajiwand, 200 families ; Balawand, 300 families ;
Surkhameri, 200 families ; under the authority of Ali Reza Khan, son of
H ussein Guli Khan Sarhang. Although the district is part of the province
of Kermanshah, the tribes and land belong to the Yali of Pusht-i-Kuh.
The Osmanavand and Jelalaland, the former having their Yeilaks in
Mahidasht, under the authority of Zahir ul Mulk Zengeneh, to whose
regiment they supply a contingent; the latter furnishing a contin
gent to the Kerind regiment and have their Keshlaks in Huleilan.
The Chupankeras of various tribes, to whom the Kermanshah villagers
give the keeping of their cattle for the cold season, come here for the
winter and rent pasture land from the Huleilan tribesmen.
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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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