Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...name of the town varies between cenus, Mansiones Parthicae, 5, ed. Karmasln and Kirnimn. Miiller, Paris, 1855, 1882; and cf. de a Yakut, p. 438. For the tradition Morgan, Mission Scientiftque, 2. 100. about Bahram IV, see Justi, Grundr. For the itinerary of Pietro della iran. Philol. 2. 525-526, and for the Valle's journey in this region, see reign of Kobad (Kavadh), 2. 531. the edition of Pinkerton, 9. 16 seq. known to the West through trade and travel, although as regards familiarity its name can bear no comparison with Teheran and Isfahan. Many persons, in fact, know of Kermanshah only through the rugs for which the city and its vicinity once were famous, even if the rug manufacture is almost a lost industry now in Kermanshah itself and the carpets which are exported through its customs to-day come mostly from other parts of Persia and are merely shipped by way of this distributing-centre. 1 Commercially the city of Kermanshah is favorably situated, as it lies on the main caravan route between Persia and Mesopotamia, being nearly equidistant from Teheran and Baghdad, two hundred and twenty miles from the latter and two hundred and fifty miles from the former. The town enjoys the advantages of a busy trade, especially on commission, and its population is now reported at fully sixty thousand, the inhabitants being largely of Kurdish blood, besides Persians, Turks, some Jews, and a few Christians.2 The municipal administration is in the hands of three magistrates (kadkhuda), each of whom presides over one of the three wards into which the city is divided, and is accountable, through a number of higher officials, to the Governor of Kermanshah appointed by the Shah. In area the extent of the town is considerable, as it measures about four...
