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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [‎152r] (308/504)

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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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1 to 1£ pel’ cent. Copper coin is still in circulation at the rate of 61 puls
per kran. It is said that there is here up to 10,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. of copper coin,
gtill in circulation'. Nickel coin, of which 3,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. we»e put in
circulation in Kermanshah two years ago is readily accepted, and in the
Villages preferred to copper.
Bef> re the establishment of the Government Mint in Teheran, Kerman
shah had a Mint of its own. The coin turned out here was fairly good.
From assays made by Herr Pec' an we see that Kermanshah k ans of
1866 A. D., 128$ A.H., gave the following results :—weight, 497 grains,
fineness 880, value in francs O’yTiO. The Kermanshah kraus, being better
than the average krans from other Persian Mints, have nearly all been
ie-minted. Most of the coin in this part of Persia is spoiled by the Kurds
boring holes through it to make ornaments for their wives and daughters.
There is a great movement of specie in Kermanshah, and large amounts
of specie are weekly sent to Teheran. Notwithstanding these remittances
coin accumulates here, being brought by the pilgrims or passed Irom hand
to hand, from village, to village until it is finally brought to town for the
purchase of clothing, &c.
Charcoal Kermanshah is supplied with charcoal by the
Lurs.
Weights, Me\suues anu Coinagb.
The unit of weight in Kertnanshah is the maund tabrizi.
1 maund tabrizi ••• ••• ~ 610 mi seals or 2,967 kilos. ... 6 o4 lbs.
1 maund no-abbassi ... = 800 miscals or maund tabrizi.
1 maund shah ... ... — 1,280 miscals or 2 maunds tabrizi.
Maund, ujftnn or batman are one and the same thing.
1 nakhod ... ... ... ••• = 4 gandums.
1 misoal ... ... ... ... - 24 nakhwli
10 sirs ... ... »»• *»» — 1 cheiek.
4 cherek ••• ... ••• “ 1 m tund.
100 maund ... ... ••• ... ^ 1 kharvar.
The unit of length is the zar ahaki, which I make out to be 1 metro 3J centimetres, or
about 10 inches. .
2 bars ... ... ... = ^ gueh^
4 gireh ... ••« ••• •»» ••• — 1 cheiek.
4 cherek... ... •»* ... = 1 zar.
1 farsakh is equal nominally to 6,000 zars shahi.
A maidan is a quarter of a farsakh.
Jult is the superficies ploughed by a pair of oxen.
This is an undetermined measure, which varies according to the nature of
the land.
Gardens and ground in town are sold by the zar, gardens sometimes by
the Djerrib = 1 , 006 square zavs.
Coinage—
20 shah is • ••
10 krans ...
• ••
t • •
• ft
• » •
• 19
• M
— 1 kran.
= 1 toman 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
Copper coinage.—There is still a certain amount of the old copper coinage in circulation
at the rate of 52 shahis per kran.
Thel £ T. gold is sold in the bazars at from 50 to 52§ krans.
The Turkish Consulate reckon the 1 £ T. for passport purposes at 55 krans.
* The kharvai is usually taken at 6oO lbs. in order to faciliate calculation.

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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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