"دليل كرمانشاه." [و‎‎١‎٤‎٦] (٥٠٤/٢٩٦)

The telegraph office occupies one of the Khayyats or court-yards oF the
TeWranh office palace, opening on the artillery square. Kermanshah
is on the Teheran-Bagdad line. The stations are Tehe
ran, Khan a bad, Noberan, Zarreh, Hamadan, Assadabad, Kangavar,
Kermansbah, Kerind, Sar-i-pol-i-Zohab,, Kasrd-Shirin, Khanikin, Kizil
Robat, Shahreban and Bakuba (Yakubieh). The line consists of a single
wire.
Messages can be sent to Teheran, Khanekin and Bagdad in Latin
characters, but for other stations the language of the country has to be
used.
For the interior the charge is 2*75 krans per 10 words, for Bagdad 4 05
krans per word.
On delivery of a telegram the farrash of the telegraph office claims 10
shah is.
It is usually preferable to send telegrams for Europe to Teheran to be re-
tr; msmitted from there, as messages through the Turkish lines are so mutil
ated in transmission that they are usually incomprehensible when received.
The director of the telegraph office at Kermanshah is Prince Bashir-ed-
Dowleh.
The administration of the post office having been made over to the
Custom house and post custom-house officials, the post officers now in the
o sice. custom-house caravanserai on the outskirts or the town
to the north.
The mails leave for Hamadan and Teheran on Mondays and Thursdays,
and for Bagdad on Wednesdays. They are received from Teheran on
Saturdays and Wednesdays, and from Bagdad on Sundays. There is also a
mail to Hersin which leaves Kermanshah on Wednesday ; the mail from
Hersin is received on the Tuesday. The Teheran post takes seven days to
cov< r the distance from Teheran to Kfrmanshah, and the Bagdad post four
days from Bagdad to Kermanshah. The Teheran-Kermanshah post-houses
have six horses, the Kermanshah-Bagdad only two. r ihe mad to Hersin is
taken by a Kased or man on foot. In winter the mails from ieheian and
Bagdad are two days longer on the road.
The post office receives the following from Government
Quantity
Barley.
Straw.
*
Man ns.
Mauns.
Kerin an shah
• • t
7,-60
7,060
Kiii^ravar ...
• * •
• t»
726
726
Assadabad
t • •
t* •
726
726
The custom-house is now in the hands of the B ek, a cu
There is a custom-house at Kasr-i- Shinn, and guards on the road to prevent
charvadurs from evading the customs. There is also an oflice at Sennek
(Senendej), Kurdistan, and one at Bunnell. These three offices are under the
control of the Kermauskah ado inistratu n. 1 will give the results of the