"دليل كرمانشاه." [و‎‎١‎٤‎٣] (٥٠٤/٢٩٠)

the Governor’s palace, artillery square and barracks have all been
in proper order again. 1 Deen P 1 ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية
4 don^s or sixths of the town of Kermansbab, then merelv a
Jelonyed to a ceilam A’ali Baloo Beg Zengeoeh, who, in the 7 year ifiO
A. H., converted these 4 dongs into Wakf or religious property/ U
Now that the land is no more cultivated, and that houses nnrl Wl,
have been erected, the equivalent of one-third of the former produce of the
land sir md be paid to the Imam Jumeh of Kern,anshah, by anyone oos-
sessing a bath, house or shops, or living in the Wakf property. } P
The revenue from this property should be remitted to Kerbela to buv
food for the pilgrims. 0 Du y
The town is divided into three quarters, each of which has its katkhoda
practically a hereditary office in the family of the persons now boldine that
post. In Kermanshah there is a Katkhoda Bashi, SI.erif Khan, Amb-ul.
the wbole town and is responsible for the
three othei Katkhodas. d he quarters are :
Barzedamagh, to which is attached the quarter of Sar Tenneh—TCo
khoda Mahmood Khan, Amin-u-Boayya. PP
Feizabad:—Katkhoda Path AH Khan.
Maidan Mollah Abbas AliKatkhoda Akhar Khan.
The principal sub-divisions of the quarters are i-Barzedamagh : Gozar
Bahrainwandha! lan ’ (j ° Zar KaJab Al1 'h 1111 ’ Ku<;hel1 Sheikhavandha, Kueheh
Feizabad : Zarrabiha, Gozar Seyyel Mohammed Rahim, Gozar Aeavan
Mahalleh Yahoodiba. -^gaian,
Maidan Mollah Abbas Ali: Gozar Karabaghi, Sar Tennob ,i
Ali Beg, Kucheh Saiavandab, Maballeh Chenani. P lrnod
. av,st °cracy have their houses m Feizabad, which quarter of the town
is preferred, because of its wider streets and of its distance from the baza/"
Most of the streets of Kermanshah are narrow and tortuous - the 7 ..^
biha street and the street leading from the Darvaseh Sarah to the CM
Hassan Khan being the only two streets practicable for carriages.
All traffic ceases after sunset, and, from three hours after sunset till dawn
one can omy go about if in possession of the pas-word. There a/
two passwords, which can be got on application from the Ardel Bashi • one
for the town and the other for the artillery square. There is also a third
=^atr n ° rS Pa!a0MhiS la8t ° Ce lei " g — d ^ the
In the Peizabad quarter there are some fine houses, such as those of
V l!nn/'/ OW ! 0 T ; ] r m iT eh ’, A » a > Zahir-ul-Mulk, Mohtashem-
ed Dowleh and Tjmdet-es-Saltan eh. J3ut nothin 0 * can he cjppn rf
U, * ) ' lik" i« >110..i,;„| cunfe, sa^ouBd"
The merchants have comfortable houses, some of them beiim verv lare-e
hut the greater part of the populate live in small, mud houses and hovels
The bazaars, wlFh are spacious as a whole, although much narrower than
Bazaara. the leheran ones, are well stocked with .~oods of all
kinds, specially Manchester prints, and present towards