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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [‎65v] (135/504)

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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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“ Name of part of tLe plain of Kermanshab, watered by the Gamasiab.”
—[Plowden 188 L)
CHAMCHAMAL—
Boluk or District or Chamchamal.
A district watered by the Gamasiab and composed of some 250 hamlets.
It is situated to the east of Kermanshah and extends from the village of
Nazlian to that of Chehr.
The chief place is Bisutun, the residence of Mirza Ali Khan, who in 1902
was both Governor and Chief or the road guards.
The proprietors of this district are princes, mollahs and notables of
Kermanshah; but most of the villages belong to ‘Vekil-ed-Dowleh, Zahir-
ul-Mulk and Azam-ed-Dowleh, the latter’s son.
The villagers are descended from various tribes, but are mostly Zengenehs
and Zoulehs.
The total revenue amounts to : cash Krs. 19,858-800 dinars and grain Kh.
274 66 0.
The Zoulek tribe has campments in summer in this district although the
greater portion of the tribe settle further on towards Assadabad.
Napier says. “An open valley at the southern exit of the Tang-i-Dinavar
on the Tabriz-Kermanshah road. The district of Chamchamal is exceedingly
beautiful and fertile. It is traversed by the windings of the Dinavar
stream, the banks of which ara well-wooded ; its villages are enclosed in
gardens and plantations of tall forest trees; its soil, when not cultivated,
is covered with a luxuriant natural vegetation. It numbers about 80 vii-
lao’es, with an average of about 40 houses each. One-fourth of the soil is
abundantly irrigated, and the dry, or daimi lands, bear excellent crops.
The surplus grain-produce is estimated at 24,000 Kharvars, or 8,800 tons,
of which onehfth is barley. This district belongs to Kermanshah, and is,
by no means, the most productive of the mahals of that province/'
Revenue of the Chamchamal Ristrict as per Government hooks.
Villages.
Cash
Krans. Dinars.
Grain.
Kh. Mn. Sirs.
Karavelli Chambetan
...
...
1,490
400
23 44
Ali Kuvzan S^fla «*• •••
• ft
• • •
1,357
700
£0 13
Ali Kurzan Ulia ...
• • •
1,625
25
Sungorabad ••• •••
• • «
• • #
820
17
Nujuberan *•« •••
t • •
...
477
700
7 41
Zardab ... •••
76
500
1 50
Gavkul ... ••• •••
• ••
2,120
32 10 .

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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)
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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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