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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [106v] (217/504)
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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Khan to return to Persian territory. He also promised to name Farukh
Khaa Governor of the Kalhor tribe.
On the return of Daoud Khan and Farukh Khan to Persian territory,
Farukh Khan and the son of Daoud Khan were ordered to Kermanshah.
Farukh Khan was not named chief of the Kalhors, but Lgbal ed Dowleh
managed a reconciliation between Daoud Khan and Mohammed Ali Khan
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
. Displeased with Mohammed Ali Khan, Egbal ed Dowleh replaced
him two months later by Farukh Khan. Mohammed Ali Khan joined
Hussein Guli Khan, Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh, but, on receiving assurances as to
his safety from the Governor of Kermanshah, he returned to town and was
shortly afterwards once more named chief of the Kalhors. He remained
chief of the Kalhor tribe until deposed by Ala ed Dowleh (in 1902), who re
placed him by Daoud Khan Khaleddi. The as! of the malyat paid by the
Kalhor tribe is Krs. 6,142*500 dinars cash, but in the year 1307, i.e., 13
years ago, the asl and farh amounted already to Krs. 95,897 269 dinars, whilst,
I believe, the amount at present paid to be about, if not slightly over, 12 5 000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.”
Notes on the origin of the Kalhors by Sir FI. Kawlinson :
“ If the Samaritan captives can be supposed to have retained to the
present day any distinct individuality of character, perhaps the Kalhor tribe
has the best claim to be regarded as their descendants. The Kalhors, who
are believed to have inhabited from the remotest antiquity these regions
around Mount Zagros, preserve in their name the title of Calah They
state themselves to be descended from Roham or Nebuchadnezzar, the con
queror of the Jews; perhaps an obscure tradition of their real origin. They
have many Jewish names among them, and above all their general physiog
nomy is strongly indicative of an Israelitish descent. The Iliyat of this
tribe now mostly profess Mohammedanism, but a part of them, together
with the Gurans who acknowledge to be an offset of the Kalhors and most
of the other tribes of the neighbourhood, are still of the Aliullahi persuasion :
a faith which bears evident marks of Judaism, singularly amalgamated
with Sabean, Christian and Mohammedan legends,”
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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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