"تقرير عن كردستان" [و‎‎١‎١] (٢٢٠/٢٦)

At Senna there is also the tomb of Hojar Khatun, sister of Iman Hiza.
Saiyid Yaqub had a mosque built near this tomb which is known as Masjid Hoiar
Khatun, and which on account of its proximity to the above-mentioned tomb
is considered as “Bast” or sanctuary.
Other well-known buildings and gardens of Senna are Amanieh, Bagh
Gardens. Husainabad, and Bagh Nishat due to Amman-
* ullah Khan Kuchick, and Bagh Khusruabad, which
was a magnificent garden at a quarter of a mile to the southwest of the town, due
to Ammanullah Khan Buzurg.
Adjoining the town to the north-east there is a large cemetery known as Qabris-
Cemetery. tan Shaikhan (the cemetery of the Shaikhs) in which
it is believed 40 Shaikhs were buried, and it is said that
miracles occur at the tombs of these holy personages.
In this cemetery on some of the tombstones are inscriptions and dates
which show them to be more than 900 years old, which proves that Senna is built
on the ruins of an old town ; this is also evident from the fact of Pir Omar and
Hojar Khatun being buried in the town.
There are many qanats entering the town, amongst others that dug by Mirza
Qanats. Yusuf ’ Mushir ud Divan, son of Mirza Muhammad
Riza \azir. This qanut has the best water in the town,
and is a great boon to the inhabitants : the greater part of the houses in the lower
part of the town obtain from it their water-supply.
In the quarter of Katerchian there are some springs of good drinking water.
Senna has a telegraph office, a post office, a custom house, arsenal, Arm«-
D ,^ nian church, and a Turkish Consulate.
Every evening the Neghareh Khaneh people play their weird instruments in
, T , , , the tower built in the middle of the Sarbaz Khaneh
^ eg are i lane . (barrack square) by Ammanullah Khan Buzurg.
At the beginning of last century Kinneir estimated the population of Senna
^ w . at 4,000 souls, of which number 200 were Jews and
Popu a ion. Armenians and 50 Nestorians.
Thomson in 1868 has 20,000 souls.
Mr. T. C. Plowden in 1881 says : “ The population of the town of Senna,
as estimated by a Christian merchant, comprises :
Houses.
Persons.
Muhammadans mostly Sunnis
.. 12,000
50,000
Jews
700
3,500
Christians .. ..
.. 65
300
The Yazir, however, told me that at the last numbering the population of Senn *
was shown to be 65,000 persons, and he considered that the city was increasing
yearly.” This is no doubt exaggerated as it would make of Senna a more populous
town than Kirmanshah.
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