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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [100r] (204/504)
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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109
JUB KABUD ULIA.—Kuliai.
A village of the Kuliai district, belonging to Kalantar, See Kuliai.
JULGEH-I-ASSADABAD.—
A plain in Irak-i-Ajanoi, at the foot of the Elvend. It is dotted over
with green fields and villages, and enclosed within spurs of the Elvend rano'e.
The principal village is Assadabad.
JULGEH-I-BISUTUN.
The name given to the plain near Bisutun. It is part of Chamchamal.
JULGEH-I-CHAM-CHUNIL.—Julgeh-i-Chamchamal ?
The name given to the middle part of the Julgeh-i-Sahna. It possesses 2
ruined caravanserais, on a mound of Shah Abbas' period, and a camp of Iliyats.
Rozario surely means the Julgeh-i-Chamchamal, which practically extends from
near Sahna to the bridge near Bisutun. The Julgeh-i-Sahna is the plain in
the immediate vicinity of Sahna, and forms the Buluk or district of Sahna.
JULGEH-I-SAHNA.—Sahna.
The plain in the immediate vicinity of Sahna. It is watered by the
Gamasiab and is very fertile. There is also a torrent which rises behind
Sahna and the Sarab-i-Bid-Surkh.
JULGEH-I-ABBARIK,—*
A valley between Sahna and Bisutun, through which flows the Rud
Khaneh Pur (?) (Rud Khaneh Pur, Pir Sarah (?) from the snow top of the
Kuh-i-Parro (?), (Rozario.)
JUMOORS.—
A tribe of about 1,200 families. They are Sunnis.
In summer they go to the Hamadan, Assadabad and Kuliai districts; and
in winter to the territory of the Yali of Pusht-i-Kuh and of the Kalhors. They
own no landed property, and only look after their flocks.
JAFF.—
“ A nomad tribe, who live on both sides of the Turkish frontier as far
south as Khanikin, but chiefly in the Sakkis and Saoujbulak districts of
Azerbaijan. They are considered Kurds, though apparently more resembling
Arabs, and are divided into the Kasbkai, Sursur, Babajani and Abrami clans.
They were formerly Persian subjects, but now acknowledge Turkish Sovereign
ty. They are popularly said to be able to muster 35,000 horsemen. The whole
of the upland valleys of Sakkis are invaded every spring by these nomads ;
and mounted parties make swoops on the villages of the district, all of which
are perfectly defenceless, levying blackmail at their discretion, and recrossing
the frontier before they can be punished.^ [Gevavd'—Flowdeii, 18S1>)
J AFFARABAD.—Dinavan.
A village of the Dinavar district.
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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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