"دليل بلاد فارس، الجزء III، وهو يتضمن محافظة فارس، لورستان، عربستان، خوزستان، يزد، كرمانشاه، أردلان، كردستان" [ظ‎‎٣‎٣‎٧] (٦٨٦/٦٧٩)

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manshah, annexed it to the crown of Persia. At the treaty concluded
between Persia and the Porte in 1823, it was stipulated that the dis
tricts acquired by either party during the war should be respectively
surrendered, and that the ancient frontier line should be restored, which
had been established in the time of the Safavi monarchs. According
to a subsequent treaty, Zuhab ought certainly to have been given up
to the Turkish authorities, but Persia had neither the will to render
this act of justice, nor had the Pasha of Baghdad the power to enforce
it; and Zuhab, although still claimed by the Porte, has thus remained
to the present day in possession of the government of Karmanshah.
“Zuhab having been acquired in war is Khalisah,or crown land. It
has been usually farmed by the government of Karmanshah, at an
annual rent of 8,000 tumans (£4,000) to the chief of the Guran tribe,
whose hardy Iliyats inhabit the adjoining mountains, and are thus at
all times ready to repel an attack of the Osmanlis. The amount of
its revenues must depend, in a great measure, upon the value of rice
and corn, its staple articles of produce ; but in years of plenty, when
the price of these commodities is at the lowest possible rate, a consi
derable surplus will still remain in the hands of the lessee. The re
venue system in this district is simple, and more favourable to the cul
tivators than in most parts of Persia. It is thought derogatory to the
chief to take any part of the cultivation into bis own immediate hands.
He distributes grain to his dependants, and at the harvest receives as
his share of the produce of rice two-thirds of corn in consequence of
the water consumed in its irrigation, which is the property of the land
lord or of government, and is rarely to be obtained without consider
able expense and labour.
“ The rice-grounds of Zuhab are chiefly irrigated by an artificial
canal, brought from the Halwan river, a distance of about 10 miles.
The canal is said to have been an ancient work, but was repaired and
rendered available for its present purposes only about a hundred years
ago by the same Pasha, who subsequently built the town of Zuhab.
“ The revenues accruing to the chief averaged 10,000 tumans aunual-
ly, of which the following is a rough statement:—
From produce of rice, 2,000 kharwars, at 2 turaans per kharwar
Ditto wheat and barley, 2,500 kharwars, at 1 tuman per kharwar ...
Kent of the caravansarai of Sar-i-Pul, which includes the transit duty
upon merchandise and the profits arising from a monopoly of the
sale of grain to the Karbelai pilgrims ...
Rent of the caravansarai of Kasr-i-Shirln ...
Contract for the darughah-gari of Zuhab; the emoluments of this arising
-rom the rent of shops in the Zuhab bazar, and several petty items
of taxation ,,, • r j
Fees exacted from the iliyat of Kurdistan for permission to pasture
their flocks during the winter in the grazing-grounds of Zuhab ...
browth ot cotton, rent of mills, orchards, and melon-grounds, value
of pasturage, &c., &c. ... ttt °
Tumans.
4,000
2,500
1,000
200
800
1,000
500
Total ... 10,000
h ndei the Turkish rule Zuhab yielded, with its dependencies, an
annua sum of 30,000 tumans, but it then included several fertile and
extensive districts, which are now detached from it, and there were also
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