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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [‎151v] (307/504)

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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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two years include Rahdari or a charge of 1*10 brans (22shahis) for every
40 manns.
Under the energetic direction of Belgian officials the working of tlie
Customs lias greatly improved, the frontier is effectively patrolled by armed
sowars ; and the revenue derived from the Customs of the province of
Kermanshah will uo doubt he greatly increased.
The control of the frontier has been extended and there are now posts
at the following places :—Province of Kermanshah: Kermanshah, central
office; Kasr-i-Shirin, collecting and control station; Dub rulleh near Mendali
collecting station; Sarah Gilan, control station ; Ushkuri, 3 farsakhs from
Kasr-i-Shirin and £ farsakh from the £ronti«r, established in order to pre
vent the use by caravans of the direct road leading to Zohab. Province
of Kurdistan : offices atSenneh, Sakkis, Bahneh and Merivau; theie is also
a control office at Ramadan.
The new taiiff which came in force on February 14, 1904, was accepted
New customs tariff. here without opposition.
The Kermanshah customs are hypothecated to Russia as part guarantee
of one of the recent loans.
The Customs* receipts for past five years were
Krrmanshnh and Kurdistan.
Tear.
Total receipts.
Total after deducting
expenses.
P.lst March 1893. 20th March 1900
Krans.
91)0,000. —
Krans.
799,040. —
21st March 1900 2 th March 1901
1,098,383. -
935,221* 15
21st March 1901. 20th March 1902
3/41,851- 50
2,875 2' 7 2* 50
21st March 1902. 23rd March 1933
3,265,366-45
3,073,918* 65
24th March 1903. 20th March 1904
4,520,00). —
4,060,000. —
New compounds for the Custom House have boen built in the Bagh-i-
Shazadeh and the necessary warehouses have been erected.
There is another tax (hawai) on goods entering and leaving the country.
jj awa * > I 11 former years the custom-house compound belonged
to the Government, and a charge was made for all
goods deposited in it, the Government being responsible for any goods
stolen. Ibis compound has long been sold to private individuals, and the
custom-house does not hold itself responsible for the goods deposited in its
present compound. Yet the charge is still made by the Governor, and
special collectors are appointed to watch the caravans and collect the tax,
which is 1 kran per every 12 loads.
The currency of Kermanshah is of new coin, specially the Do-Hezari;
Currency* 1-kran pieces, when they have no holes, command
up to 3 per cent, premium, old coin is at a discount

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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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