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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [138r] (280/504)
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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185
v Provisions are scarce and have to he brought from, long distances.
Sar-i-Mil (Sar-i-Millen, i.e. } the top of the pass), also called Tur. 40
houses.
.(4) The plain of Bishiveh, north of Sar-i-pol, between that place and
Pai Tak. It is the keshlaks of the few nomads of the Keriod tribe and
is 6 farsakhs distant from their yeilaks.
This plain conteains many villages and rice fields.
Kerindi.—A tribe of Kurds, mostly sedentary, inhabiting the district o
Kerind.
The tribe, inclusive of sedentary population, is said to number 4,000
families, some say 5.000.
• They are divided as follows, the names being taken from the names of
the principal village of the various settlements :—
Name.
Chief.
Kerindi
Nermatullah Khan.
Biwaniji ... ,,,
# # •
Taher Khan Sultan.
Bishiveh ... ,,,
• • •
> • «
Mehdi Guli Khan.
Hariri
M f
• ••
Ahmed Khan Mushref
Surkhadizeh ...
t • «
Fazlullah Sultan.
Reikhani
t • •
Mir Ali Sultan.
Rashid Ali (nomad tribe)
...
• • «
Abbas Khan Sultan.
Under the authority of the Kerind Governor is the Lnr trioe of* Jelala-
yands, numbering 500 houses, and inhabiting the Huleilan district.
The Kerindi supply an infantry regiment, composed of 8 companies,
each nominally 100 strong, and a band.
The Sartip of th* regiment is Ali Murad Khan, Ehtesham ul Mamal k
formerly Governor of Kerind.
The Kerindi, who are supposed to be a branch of the Gurans, are said
to have bought Kerind from the Guran Chief of Kalleh Zanjir, some 140
years ago.
The Kermdis and Jelalavands are Aliullahis, their chiefs are Shiahs,
Buluk of Zohab .—The largest district of the province of Kermanshah, and
formerly a pashalik under Turkish rule.
This district is really under the authority of Mansoor ul Mulk, Amir
Toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
; but Kalleh Sabzi and Kasr-i-Shinn are excluded from his rule and
form a separate Governorship, which is now in the hands of Shir Khan,
Samsam nl Mamalek.
The Bajlans occupy the territory which extends from KasrT-Shirin
(north) to the frontier. South of Kasr-i-Shirin, extending up to Lurisfan,
are the ^ gnrmsirs of the Kalhors ; and nearer to Kasr-i-Shirin the garmsirs of
the Sinjabis. . V
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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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