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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [234r] (472/504)
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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From Banganjaw there is a road to Nawar Kashambeh which numbers
about 20 houses and belongs to Mohammed Ali Khan, late llkhani of the
Kalhors. Katkhoda : Buchan. Drinking water obtained from Kashambeh
No industry.
One then reaches the village of Kuclunir, part of the Kalhori property
Katkhoda: Feizullah. About 20houses. Water runs down from Kasham^
beh. The next village is Chega-Nargis of the Kalhori property. It is \
a farsakh distant from Kashambeh and belongs to Mohamed Jawad Khan
Sarhang. It numbers about 70 families. Cultivation: daimi and abi.
It has a mill and the water runs down from Kashambeh. Garden crops
are produced. From Chega-Nargis the road leads to Rob which is J farsakh
distant and belongs to Feizullah Khan Kalhor. About 20 bouses. Culti
vation : daimi Drinking water obtained from the Merek. From here to
Murad Pashai on the banks of the Merek the distance is 4 farsakh. The
cultivation of Murad Pashai is daimi. Water runs down from Chabarzabar.
There is a mill on the Merck. From Murad Pashai one reaches Deh-Kadeh
Jani. Katkhoda : Kerbelai Jani. Cultivation : daimi. It is situated on the
banks of the Merek; is one maidan distant from Murad Pashai and is part
of the Kalhori properties of Vekil ed-Dowleh. 15 families. From here to
Robat-Mahidasht the distance is one maidan. Proprietor : Reis-i-Daftar.
70 families. There is here a customs' control station and a Chappar
Kbaneh with two post horses. Katkhoda: Selim. The Naib-ul-Hukomeh
appointed by the Governor of Kermaushah resides here. Cultivation : daimi.
Drinking* water from the Merek. Lower down on the banks of the Merek
is the village of Piriai belonging to Hajji Seyyed Habib and Hajji Seyyed
Assadullah. Katkhoda : Begher. About 30 families. Cultivation : daimi
and abi. Water for irrigation is obtained through a dam across the Merek
and also from Cheshmeh Seyyed Naghib. From Piriai the road leads to
Dehkadeh Seyyed Ali Akbar Kermanshahi, one maidan distant. It is
situated on the Merek and is also known under the name of Piriai. It is
on the right bank of the Merek and numbers 20 houses. Cultivation:
daimi. Drinking water from the Merek. Katkhoda : Mohammed Khan.
The next village is Aliabad which is also one maidan distant and belongs
to Hajji Ali Akbar Pashmi Tajer. Katkhoda : Shater Ali Akber Kirman-
shahi. About 15 houses. Cultivation: daimi. Drinking water obtained
from the Merek.
Another Aiiabad is situated lower down the Merek, also at a distance of
one maidan. Katkhoda: Ali Reza. Proprietor : Sukbatullah Khan Kalhor.
About 10 families. Cultivation: daimi. Drinkino: water from the Merek.
From this village to Chegabalek Ali Reza the distance is £ a farsakh.
Chega-Balek Ali Reza belongs to Hajji Aga Yali Kermansbahi and
numbers about 20 families. Katkhoda : Reza. Industry : carpets and gilims.
Cultivation : dai ui. Drinking water from wells. From here to Deh-Kadeh
Mohammed Zaman Khan the distance is one maidan. This village
belongs to Hajji Ali Akber Pashmi. Cultivation: daimi. Katkhoda Murad
Ali. About 15 families. Drinking water from wells. From here to
Chega-Balek, property of Aga Mohammed Khan Khajeh. the distance is
one maidan. Katkhoda : Hajji Hassan and Shah Mohammed. About 70
families. It has gardens and gets water through a dam across the Merek.
Cultivation : daimi. Industry : horse-covers, gilims and carpets. From here
the road goes to Lor and Zengeneh belonging to the heirs of Hajji Seyyed
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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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- ‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’
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