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It is hardly possible to give the precise locality of each tribe, as they
are continually moving up and down the country; but, as fcir as they have
any fixed abode, the following account will be found approximately correct.
The Chiareskh live to the north and the Isoli to the north-east of Severek;
the Bani Khatib and Buhaimah between that town and Veranshehr; the
Chemikan dwell on the north-west of Veranshehr, the Dodkan, Khidirki,
Kumnakshan and Sheikhan on its north side, and the Chuvan and Sukran
on the north-east; on the east of the town are the Sharjian, and south
east are the Naim-Kharban; on its south side dwell the Hadidiyin, on the
south-west the Shamattah, and further round towards the west the
Jemal dan are found, while the ‘Adwan, Baqqarah, and Devan are also
settled in its vicinity. The Kalejan hold a strip of country on the south
of Derek. Between the Qarajah Dagh and Veranshehr the Burguhan and
the Kuran have their quarters, while the Kezhan and Mendan occupy
the same mountain ; on the northern slopes also are the Terkan, and
the Mahalian and the Seidan are encamped on the opposite side of the
range. The exact locality of the Aresha and Dannadiyah is uncertain.
In the time of the late paramount chief, Ibrahim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Turkish
Government made a determined endeavour to reduce the Milli to sub
jection by force of arms; having failed in this, they sought to win them
by gentler means, and the Sultan, Abd-ul-Hamid, sent handsome presents
to Ibrahim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , with this object in view. So successful were these
efforts, that not only was Ibrahim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. won over, but the Milli and
other members of their confederacy have continued to be animated by
pro-Turkish sentiments throughout the war.
Ibrahim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , in the words of Sir Mark Sykes, though his tents did
not amount to more than 30, had complete jurisdiction over more than
2,000 tents, he was spoken of with great respect and reverence by the
Kizilbash of Malatia, not because he was wealthy, but because he was
head of the Milli; he was the only stranger who could travel through
Dersim without an escort; the Shemiski also looked on him as their
nominal head, and isolated villages in Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. and Erzingan spoke of him
as their patriarchal chief. Now this was all the more peculiar since
among the Kurds enumerated here there are Shi‘ites, Pagans, pantheists,
Zazas, and orthodox Moslems, of which religion Ibrahim himself was a
follower. His influence, therefore, was neither political nor religious, and
yet influence he had, for Kurds would come from miles around to ask his
opinion on family-quarrels and generally took his verdict as final; never
theless, there remained other tribes which paid no regard to his position.
At present the paramount chief of the Milli Kurds is Mahmud ibn
Ibrahim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the second son of Ibrahim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ; his eldest son,‘Abdul
Hamid Bey, died in prison at Diarbekr about seven years ago. His three
brothers, Khalil, Ismail, and ‘Abd-ur-Rahman, live with him but hold no
authority over any particular tribe. In the time of the second Balkan
War, the Milli tribe furnished the Turkish Army with a force of over