"دليل بلاد فارس، الجزء III، وهو يتضمن محافظة فارس، لورستان، عربستان، خوزستان، يزد، كرمانشاه، أردلان، كردستان" [و‎‎١‎٣‎١] (٦٨٦/٢٦٦)

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Of the three sons of Hasan Khan mentioned by Layard as having
Chiefs. divided the tribes amongst them on the death of
4.1 - 4 . i • • . 1 ^ ie ^ r ^ a ^ ier ^ajl "All Khan now eni'oys the chief
authority, his principal adherents being the Sagwand subdivision of the
Bajilan tribe ; the pretensions of Haidar Khan, the third son, to inherit
the title of his father, were upheld by the Persian Governor of Luristan,
whereupon the elder brothers, 'Ali Khan and Ahmad Khan, took refuge
with the Assyrian Arabs on the Turkish frontier (DeBode). Eventually
two or three years back, such is the instability of all things Lur, Sartip
Haidar Khan of the Bairanwand was put to death by the Governor of
cw a£ l t ? r havi l 1 f 1 hee P- mvited to Khuramabad to receive favours
of the Shah; his sons follow in the wake of 'AH Khan, but are in no way
attached to him, and consider that their misfortunes have been his oppor-
tunity. Of these young men the elder is by no means a prepossessing
youth ; the younger, quite a boy, has a face which attracts by reason of its
look of quiet melancholy and resignation. They frequently visited
Major Bell and related to him their misfortunes under the idea that he
was a Sartip in the service of the Shah, whose good offices at Tihran
might have served to bring them again into favour. At the time
when the party were treated with little consideration by Hail 'All
they offered tent room and hospitality. The Agent of the Zil-ul-
Sultan with the tribe, not much liked by Hap 'Ali, advocated their
rights, so it is quite possible that a turn of the wheel of fortune may
yet bring these lads into prominence. Ahmad Khan, the second son,
has a considerable following, and is at enmity with his brother, for like
reasons, and in rebellion against the government. The chief of the
Lurs about Karmanshah is Husain Kuli Khan, a lawless chief; in fact,
anarchy reigns at the present time throughout Lur-i-Kuchak.
The following is an account given of the Lur-i-Kuchak by Mr.
Schindler, 1877. Mr. Schindler was in the service of the Shah and
had good opportunities of gaining information. He states that there
are 36 villages in Luristan; that the total assessment of the Pusht-i-
Kuh and Pisb-i-Kuh is 6d,000 tumans, and the total number of families
of the Pish-Kuh to be 39,550 families. He does not estimate the
strength of the Pusht-i-Kuh.
The boundaries of the Pish-Kuh are the Silakhor valley, the
Bakhtiari country, the Dizful river, the Karkhah river, the province
of Karmanshah and the districts of Kangawar and Naha wand. The
Pish Kuh are divided according to their summer quarters as below :
Families.
The Duran ........ 4 900
SUah-SHah or Silsile
Bala-Ghiwa .
Hurud
Tirhan
’Amalah
5.000
12,700
8,050
8.000
820
in all 39,550 families.
Their two great divisions are the Gulek, subdivided into 'Amalah
and Bala Giriwa and the Selewerzi, subdivided into Silah-Silah or Silsile
and Dilfan. The 'Amalah (workmen) live chiefly in villages and are
again subdivided into 30 families.