town of Persia, capital of Persian Kurdistan, and of a cognominal district, 80 miles W.S.W. of Hamadan, in N. Lat. 34° 30., E. Long. 47° 12. It stands on the S.W. slope of a range of mountains at the extremity of a large plain, near the right bank of the Kerkaah or Karasu, and is surrounded by an earthen wall nearly 3 miles in circumference. It is said to be a very flourishing town, deriving great advantage from its situation on the great S. road from Persia into Asiatic Turkey. It has many public buildings, gardens, and baths. Chief manufactures, carpets and swords. Pop. about 30,000. About 6 miles from Kermanshaw, on the road to Hamadan, are excavations and sculptures of great extent on the face of the mountains.