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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [164v] (333/504)
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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238
Saram-ed-Dowleb, who having been appointed by Ins father Imam Guli
Mirza, Emad-ed-Dowleh, Hakkim of the Kuliai , plundered them right
and left. In former days the tribe furnished an infantry regiment, but for
some cause or other the privilege was withdrawn. ^
The Sufiavand who.are connected with this tribe, and whose chief is
Fathullah Khan, claimed to be Turkish subjects, but Persia had the case
decided in her favour The Kuliaisare Shiahs. They have the command of
extensive pastures and rear large numbers of small hardy horses and mules.
The women weave carpets and woollen socks and gloves. The Kuliais are
said to be able to turn out 7 u 0 fully equipped horsemen.
The Kuliais are divided as follows:
Bagavand : chief— “Haider Ali Khan Sartip.
Faleh-kuri: chief—Golam Ali Khan.
Falehkuri Shirazi: chief—Nur Muhammed Khan.
Mussiavand : chief—Kerim Khan.
Mussiavand Araghi.
Mussiavand Shirazi.
Surkhabi Falehkuri.
Suffiavand : chief—Salar Khan.
Taifeh Zaman, part of the Bagavands.
KULIAI—
Buluk or district of Kuliai, usually known as district of Sungor and
Kuliai.
Chief place Sungur.
Goveruor 1902 and 1903 Azam^ed-Dowleh, son of Zahir-ul-Mulk,
Zengeneh.
“ This district lies to the north and east of Kermanshah, and is bounded
on the north by the province of Kurdistan, east by Assadabad, south by
Dinavar, and west by Pushtu-Darband. It commences at Gardehkanu, and
consists of two valleys, that of the Gawarud, undulating and bare, and show
ing a few villagps and large stretches of excellent corn land, and that of
Shajurud, in which lies the town of Sungor, level, well watered and covered
with villages, gardens and plantations. There are said to be in this district,
including hamlets 153 villages, of which 20 have 100 houses and upwards.
The average of the whole is about 30 houses. The people raise and export
considerable quantities of grain, chiedy to Hamadan and the barren tracts
beyond. Forage and fuel are plentiful. The Kurdish nomads of the district,
having the command of extensive pasture, rear large numbers of small,
hardy horses and mules.”— Napier, 1875 .)
Apart from grain a certain amount of cotton is yearly sown. The in
habitants are mostly Kuliai.
The Kuliai chiefs are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Snngo r
to whom tney are answerable for the revenue.
The net revenue of the Kuliai district was 17,000,
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for the year
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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)
- 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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