KERMANSHAH, or KERMANSHAHAN  , an important province of Persia, situated W. of Hamadan, N. of Luristan, and S. of Kurdistan, and extending in the west to the Turkish frontier . Its population is about 400,000, and it pays a yearly revenue of over £20,000 . Many of its inhabitants are nomadic Kurds and Lurs who pay little taxes . The plains are well watered and very fertile, while the hills are covered with rich pastures which sup- ' The word lut means bare, void of vegetation, arid, waterless, and has nothing in common with the Lot of Holy Writ, as many have supposed.port large flocks of sheep and goats . The sheep provide a great part of the meat supply of Teheran . The province also produces much wheat and barley, and could supply great quantities for export if the means of transport were better .