"دليل كرمانشاه." [و‎‎١‎٤‎٧] (٥٠٤/٢٩٨)

doubt, be very satisfactory, if the new Governor is allowed to keep his' post
for a few years.
At the lime of writing, one can travel all over the province of Kerman-
shah among the tribes, without fear cf being robbed or attacked ; so great
is the dread of the Governor’s name amongst these usually troublesome
tribes.
There being here a Turkish Consulate-General, the Persian Foreign
'Karguzar. Office has to he represented by a Karguzar. The present
Kaiguzai is IVlirza Hassan Khan Nawai, Nabel-ed
Dowleh (1902).
The Karguzar has charge of the passport service. A charge of 1 kran
is made for a passport to Bagdad and Kerbela, and for^a visa the
chaige is 12 60 krans foi every six months. Passports for other countries
are also delivered here, and the charge vaiies from 1 kran to 20 or 60 krans,
according to the rank of the traveller.
The Jews are under the direct jurisdiction and pr tection of the
Karguzar.
There is here a Turkish Consulate-General, on account of the frontier
Turkish. question. The Consulate is said to have a Wire
Consu at e-Gen era ^ revenue from passport service, and from the passes for
taking dead bodies to Kerbela. Oi these, 7,000 passed Kermamhah last
year, on their way to their last resting place.
The charges are—Yisa of passp >rt, 1 tomm ; for charvadars, krans
every, six months ; pass for dead body, 2 tomans; sealing wax on above,
1 k— *
ran.
The dead ^ bodies are examined here by a Medical Officer of the
Conseil Sanitaire; if the body may be safely taken to Rhanekin
and Kerbela, the pass is delivered and the coffin is sealed down.
The coffins are opened again in Kh a nek in, where a {further charge of
T. is made, and if any body be found there to be in a state of putrefac
tion it is buried on the spot.
There is here a British agent, Hajji Abdur Rahim, Vekil-cd-Dogleh, son
nGtUL now °‘ Ha jji Hassan, Vekil-ed-Dowleh The present
G ’ < Vekil-cd Dowleh is one ol: the richest proprietors of
Kermanshah, and his hospitality is well known to all travellers who have
passed through this part of Persia. He died in 1902. There is now a
British and a Russian Consulate iu Kermanshah.
It is difficult to form a correct estimate of the population of Kerman
shah,f but although the town at first appearance
d ( .es not seem to contain such a large number of
Population.
Pilgrims on foot require do passport. Pilgrims on mules or horses must have passports,
ior every 10 pilgrims on mules and horses one is granted a passport free of charge.
t Kermanshah is a town of some 50,003* inhabitants, situated on main caravan route
from Mesopotamia to Persia, at a distance of 230 miles from Bagdad and 330 miles from
Tehran, The number of inhabitants given is merely an approximation, since there is no census
^ a - n( * on ^ va S ues i ; idea of accuracy with regard to figures exists among the natives.
A Pei sian m Kermanshah will generally put the total at 1,00,000, because that is a figure which
is easily remembered and appeals to the imagination. Mr. Brown, who made a report for the
Bank of ^Persia ^ two years ago, reckoned the fixed population at 30,000, but he was on the
cautious side in ail his estimates. The D.rector of Customs, who is in the best position to
arrive at the true figures, puts the fixed population at 50,000, with a large floating population
S ’ w ^hch during half the year may increase the total by more than 10 per cent. ,,
(II. J, Whiglum, “ Morning Post,” July 11,1902.)