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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [74r] (152/504)
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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57
DINAVAR—
Buluk or District o£ Dinavar.
Governor in 1902, Khodadad Khan.
A district containing some 50 hamlets. It is formed by a arge plain
on the road from Kerman shah to Tabriz; and is entered by the Tang-i-
Millehmass and ends at the Tang-hDinavar.
Most of the hamlets belong to Azam-ed-Dowleh, a few to Mansoor es-
Sultaneh.
There were formerly great rice'fields in this district, but, for the last
three years, great drought of water has prevailed.
The inhabitants are very poor, and are descended from the Kuliai,
Jelilavand, Mafi and NanekalL There are many Jews, but of the old
Armenian population not a family remains. Their village has preserved its
name of Armenidjan, but its inhabitants are Mussalmans.
Napier .says, fl An open plain to the north of Bisutun. It contains
about 80 villages or hamlets, lying in the picturesque fertile valleys of
two streams, Kangarshah and Janniser, which unite at the defile called
Tang-i-Dinavar. The Chief of the district estimates the surplus grain
produce at about 6,000 Kharvars or 2,500 tons. It now finds its way chiefly
to Hamadan. A considerable number of horses and mules might be found
in the district, and fuel and forage in large quantities. The road at Tang-
i-Dinavar winds for 7 miles between towering precipices, and would be
difficult to traverse in the face of any determined opposition ; its flanks for
many miles being inaccessible, and when accessible, so flanked by sheer
scarps as to be nearly impracticable to direct assault. A detour, of about
20 to 50 miles from Dinavar east, over a low pass turns the defile:
crossed with ease by horsemen and laden camels, leads to Sahna, a station
on the high road.”
The plain of Dinavar derives its name from the town of the same name,
the ruins of which extend from the village of Zibajub to that of Sheikhan :
coins of the Achamcenian period and ruins of various periods are found at
this spot.
Villages of Dinavae.
Kurtawi Bala.
Kerej.
Aliabab.
Cheraghabad.
Eurtawi Sufla.
Babakamal.
Shir Khan.
Kingh.
Balajub Bala.
Chesmeh Kamar.
Balajub Sufla.
Aznow.
* Zibajub.
Ckesmeh Begler.
Kolajub.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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