‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [149r] (302/504)
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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'West of ‘Persia. It may be said that sugar eomes from^ Marseilles, aind
consequently our interest tvould not be shaken were Russian sugar ever to
reach Kirmanshah, bdt it must be borne in mind that any decrease in the
trade entering Persia vid Bagdad means a proportionate loss to ottr ship
ping interests.
It is net my intention to iftake comparisons between the figures for
imports and exports of this province for various years. I will simply
attach Mr. Preece J s tables for the year 1897, and the average of the three
preceding years (1894*, 1895, 1.896), which he includes in his Report No.
2260 as well as the returns of imports and exports for the years ending March
20, 1901, and March 20, 1902, which were kindly put at my disposal bv
Baron Wedel, the Director-General of the Customs of the province of
Kerman shah.
The total imports to Kermanshah vid Bagdad for the year March 21,
1901, to March 20, 1902, amount to 46,749,979
mports. krans, and taking the £1 at 54 krans, or its value
on March 20, 1902, we get to a total of £865,740. The principal items
forming this total are as follows :—
From—•
Articles.
Value.
Currency.
Sterling’'.
United Kirgdom ...
Manchester goods, prints, cotton
and
K rans.
35,337,488
£
654,738
woollen goods.
Sewing thread- ...
• •
741,085
13,724
Clothing, &Ct
•••
167,100
3,095
Iron, lead, tin, zinc and steel...
* ••
712,864
13,201
India ... ...
Spices, pepper and dried fruits
880,435
16,304
Indigo ... ...
a**
54,390
1,007
Tea ••»’ •«« .si
* * •
1,548,084
28,668
France ...
Sugar (5,313,009 lbs.) ...
«« «
3,625,832
67,145
Candles ...
<«»
35,464
656
Austria-Rungary ...
Matches
• ••
46,806
866
Glassware
99»
109,262
2,023
Chinaware ... „»
43,080
soa
Bagdad and Arabia ,..
Spirits' M .
• ••
17,540
S2S
Coffee ».«■ in
...
33,905
627
Dates ... »««
M.
736,341
33,636
Lamb-skins ••• »m
»#•
3,056,940
19,673
Raw hide* ... ..7
262,873
4,868
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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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