'Report on Kurdistan' [‎85r] (174/220)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (106 folios). It was created in 1911. 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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KUH—KUH
157
KUH-BALUN—
A black rocky peak on the south side of the Gav-rud river, which there forms
the boundary between Kirmanshah and Kurdistan, south-east of Kaleh, where
the Kanduleh-Senna road crosses the river. It presents a knife edge east and
west, and is flat to north and south.— {Burton.)
KUH-CHARMUK—
See Report on Kurdistan, Part I.
KUH-CHIHIL-CHAMEH.
See Report on Kurdistan, Part I.
KUH-DUSHMAD—
A high range of mountain , about 10,000 feet, in Kurdistan to the south-east
of Senna.— {Gerard.) v
KUH-GARRAN—
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The local name for a portion of the Zagros enclosing the valley of Cham- *
Garran situated on the western side of the Garran pass in Western Kurdistan.—
{Plowden.)
It is 12 farsakhs west of Senna. Oak, gall-nut t;ee, and myiobalan are p’en-
tiful here. Also called Kuh-Cham-i-Garran.
KUH-KALEH BARD—
In the district of Merivan. Seen on the Merivan-Senna road opposite
the village of Almaneh-
KUH-KHAN—
See Report on Kurdistan, Part I.
KUH-KHUSRAU KHAN—
A mountain in the district of Khurkhureh. It has much water and pastures.
KUH- KUREMIANEH—
See Report on Kurdistan, Part I.
KUHMAMU (Baneh)—
A village of the district of Baneh. It is 1 farsalch to the left of Gendumban
which is on the road from Baneh to Balakeh.— {Customs.)
KUH-MEIHAMEIN—
See Report on Kurdistan, Part I.
KUH-P AN JEH-’ ALI—
A jagged and lofty mountain visible at a great distance to the east from the
Mian-Sar pass above the Gav-rud, Persian Kurdistan. Its topmost peaks
in profile present a curious likeness to the tips of the fingers of a human hand :
hence the name —(Rwrfow.)
K UH-PIR-RUSTAM—
See Report on Kurdistan, Part I.
KUH-SAL AN—
A mountain in the district of Avroman. It starts at the village of Jarbujeh
arid ends at Bahramabad, and is well wooded,

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Confidential report compiled by Hyacinth Louis Rabino. The report was printed in Simla at the Government Monotype Press, 1911.

The report is divided into three parts (I-III), as follows:

Part I: Geographical and Commercial Notes (folios 6-39) with sections on the province of Kurdistan (including information on cultivation, population, revenue, roads, imports/exports, and the capital, Senna), its tribes (including statistics on population, land, and residences), rivers, and mountains, and appendices comprised of government lists of villages.

Part II: History (folios 40-54) with a chart showing the Valis and Provincial Governors of Kurdistan for the years 1169-1905 (folio 41).

Part III: Gazetteer of Kurdistan (folios 55-104) arranged alphabetically.

At the back of the volume is a glossary (folios 105-06) including notes on the weights used in Kurdistan.

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1 volume (106 folios)

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There is a contents page at the front of the volume (f 5) which refers to the volume's original pagination.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 108; 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.

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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/21
Title: 'Report on Kurdistan'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:107v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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