Kermanshah
KARMANSHAH, or KIRMANSHAHAN, a town of Persia, capital of Persian Kurdistan, near the right bank of the Kerkhah river. It is the center of converging routes from Bagdad, Teheran, and Ispahan. Its commerce is considerable, and there are manufactures of carpets and weapons. Between Kermanshah Trémarec, and was visited by Captain and Teheran the country is mountain- Cook (who christened it Desolation Is- ous. Pop. about 40,000. land) in 1776, by the "Challenger" in 1874, and by English, American, and German expeditions to observe the transit of Venus in the same year.