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‘Gazetteer of Kermanshah.’ [233r] (470/504)
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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From here one goes to Deh-Kadeh-Ali Akber a distance of § a farsakh.
This village is situated at the foot of the mountain and belongs to Amir
Aslan Khan, heir of the late Guli Khan. The Katkhoda is Yeis-Guli.
About 2b families. W ater from a mountain stream. Cultivation : daimi.
There are gardens and garden crops. Industry: Khnrjins and carpets.
From here to Khezel which is in the centre of the plain there is f of
a farsakh. This village beiongs to Amir Aslan Khan. Katkhoda: Bajji
Seyyed Abbas. There are about 30 families. There is no water. The
villagers draw drinking water from wells. Cultivation : daimi. Industry:
carpets and Khurjins. From this villag-e there are two roads: one to
Chalabeh, the other to Balmaneh on the Merek, a distance of ^ a farsakh in
both cases.
Balmaneh on the Merek belongs to the heirs of the late Seyyed Ahmed,
partner of Seyyed Gassem Naghib. Katkhoda: Nazar Ali. About 50
families. Cultivation: daimi. Industry: carpets and gilims. From
Balmaneh there is a road to Seyyed Naghi and one to Samereh and
Kalandar Leki, the other side of the river.
Bafikabad, which is also known under the name of Balfai, is on the
opposite side of the river. It belongs to Seyyed Ali and Seyyed Assadulla,
numbers about 30 families. Cultivation : daimi. Industries : carpets and
gilims.
From Balfai there are two roads: one to Jamashuran in the centre of
the plain, already mentioned, the other to Seyyed Naghi on the Merek.
Seyyed Naghi belongs to Seyyed Aga and Seyyed Hussein, son of the late
Seyyed Mohsen. It numbers about 40 families. Cultivation: daimi.
On the opposite side of the river is the village of Seyyed Hamzeh which
numbers about 30 families. Cultivation: daimi. Industry : carpets. From
here there are two roads: one to Kbezel, the other to Chalabeh which is
^ a farsakh distant and belongs to Seyyed Abdul Mohammed and the
heirs of the late Seyyed Vali. There are 30 families and the Katkhoda
is Reza Cultivation : daimi. Drinking water from wells. Industry:
carpets and gilims. From Chalabeh there is a road to Lalaban which is
at the foot of the mountain and one maidan distant. r Ihis Lalaban is
known as Lalaban Seyyfd Jalfar, has a spring of its own and numbers
about 40 houses. Katkhoda: Abdul Mohammed. Cultivation: daimi.
Industry: carpets and gilims. From this Lalaban to another Lalaban
known as Kolkol the distance is i farsakh. It belongs to Hajji Muza
Hussein and Hajji Seyyed Hussein Tajer. It numbers 40 families.
Cultivation : daimi. Industry : quarrying millstones, carpets. The village
has a spring of its own. Opium and garden crops are a 1 so produced.
Katkhoda : Seyyed Suleiman and Aga Seyyed Hajji. From here one goes
to Lalaban Seyyed Jaffar, the property of Hajji Muza Hussein
Monajem. It numbers bO families. Katkhoda: Ahmed Khan and Mirza
Beg. Cultivation: abi and daimi. Opium and garden crops are also pro-
dueed. There is a stream from the mountain. The villagers take fuel to
town for sale. Industry : carpets and gilims. F^om this Lalal an one goes
to Lalaban Katkhoda Gass^m known as Lalabafr. It has a garden and \s
distant one maidan from the Yekihed-Dowleh properties known as Kalhon.
The Katkhoda is Mohammed Vali. 100 families. A rivulet comes
down from the mountain. Cultivation: daimi and abi. Garden crops
and opium are produced. Industry : carpets and gdims. Honey is plenti-
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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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