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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [193v] (391/504)
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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The village at Gilan is at the foot of a small hillock at i farsakh from
Sarab-i-Gilan.
The village of Sarab-i-Gilan numbers two hwasee and has a stable and
a mill.” \L. Leleux.)
SARAB-GILAN—
The stream passing by Sarab-i-Gilan and Gilan rises 200 ' metres south
of Sarab-i-Gilan, passes Sarab-i-Gilan and Gilan and joins the Holvan at
2 farsakhs from Kasr-i-Shirin.
SARAB-GULI—Kalhor.
Pasture land and camping ground in the Kalhor district.
SARAB I—
Name given to the inhabitanfcg of Sarah of Kermansbah town. They
number about 500 families.
SARAB-HEMMETEH—Kermanshab.
A part of Sarab to the South of Kermanshah town.
S ARAB *KAMBAR—Kermanshah.
A part of Sarab to the south of the town of Kermanshah.
S A RAB-KHOSHKE H—Kalhor.
Pasture land and camping ground in the Kalhor district.
SARAB-KHOSHKEH or SARAWOSHKEH—Baladeh;
There are two villages of this name, Sarab Khoshkeb bala and payin',
they both number about 16 houses each and are distant a few hundred
yards one from the other. Sarab Khoshkeh bala is on the banks of the
Karasu; Sarab Khoshkeh payin is at the foot of the Kamarbarik hills. The
summer route to Senneh passes between the two villages which are about
Ik farsakh distant from Kermanshah. At Sarab Khoshkeh bala there'
is a comfortable bouse with two rooms, but stabling is difficult to get.
The inhabitants are Namivand Lekks who have separated from their tmbe.
Cultivation : wheat and barley.
SARAB-NILUFAR—Zir-Darband.
Commonly called Sarab Lilufar. A small village of 15 houses. The*
inhabitants are Sinjabi Bakhtyaiavands who have separated from their
tribe. Malyat Krs. 1348-047 dinars cash and Kh. 25-8-0 grain. Thr
village belongs to Imam Jumeh.
Sarab-Nilufar is the chief village of the Nilufar sub-district of Zir-
Dirband. Above the village is the Sarab Nilufar, a small lake, the
source of 2 or 3 small rivers which ultimately join the Karasu.
Sarab-Nilufar means “ water-lily spring.” The small lake being usually'
covered with water-lilies. The villagers say the lake is very deen and that it
is dangerous to bathe there.
SARAB-S AID*—Kermanshali.
A part of Sarab to the south of the town of Kermanshah,
SARAB-SHAH-HUSSEIN—Bala-DarbamL
Malyat Krs. 95-269 dinars cash. It belongs to Salar-i-Nizam and is a
Tillage of the £ala- Parband district. The Ab-i-Rezawar has its source here.
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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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