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'Kurdistan and the Kurds' [‎18v] (36/122)

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The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in 1919?. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Tribe.
Number of
families.
Remai’ks.
Correspond
ing number
in our list.
30. Daghbashi ...
(?) (Large
Semi-nomads on east.of
tribe)
Severek
—
31. Bujak
(?)
Nomads
—
32. Hoshan
(?)
—
33. Beski*
(?)
... ...
—
34. Haji Manli ...
500
Nomads, using only
—
donkeys
35. Kassiani
500
Sedentary
—
36. Chakali
1000
Nomads
—
37. Merdis
1000
Sedentary (?)...
—
38. Eutergetch ...
(?)
Nomads
—
39. Janbeg ... - ...
(?)
Sedentary ; part of tribe
—
only
40. Beyleyan Porga
500
Sedentary
—
41. Derejan
800
Nomads
—
42. Kao
5000
Nomadic and sedentary
—
43. Mulikan
500
(?)
—
44. Derejan
(?)
—
On adding up the total of the families in this list, we find that the
minimum is 8,370, whereas our list brings them only up to a number not
less than 5,780 and not exceeding 6,100, and that after a lapse of ten years
or thereabouts. Further, only 15, at the most, of the tribes in the first
list appear in the second ; in the latter, there are apparently 31 tribes
which do not appear in our list, and in the former, 13 are found which do
not figure in Sir Mark Sykes’ list. Under the circumstances, it has been
thought best to give both lists in full as a basis for further investigation.
Note II.
Living in and around the Milli confederacy are a number of small
tribes or parts of tribes, of most of which nothing is known beyond the name.
The following list is taken from Sir Mark Sykes’ account:— •
On the south-west side of the Karakechili are some non-tribal Zaza;
these Kurds live in a state of anarchy and they seem, though not naturally
cruel or vicious, to have hardly any regard for human life nor any religion.
Those, however, who have served in the Turkish Army have often become
devout Moslems and express shame at their previous condition. They
speak the Zaza language and are very poor farmers ; they apparently have
no idea of tribal organisation. North-west of the Karakechili are the
Chaikessen, and about twice as far away from that tribe, to the north-
* See page 21.

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The file consists of a publication concerning Kurdistan and the Kurds. Produced and published by the General Staff, India, and printed in Mount Carmel, Palestine. It provides an edited collection of information based on the reports of military and political officers Captain C F Woolley, and Major Edward Noel (dated c 1919), and a paper written by Sir Mark Sykes in 1908.

It is divided into the following sections:

  • Kurdistan and the Kurds - including boundaries, topography, and its inhabitants;
  • the Kurdish tribes - including their locality, rough numbers, character, prominent families, and allegiances;
  • Kurdish tribes outside Kurdistan - between Erzingan [Erzincan] and Sivas and in the neighbourhood of Marash [Kahramanmaraş], in Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. , and in Syria;
  • the Kurdish Movement for independence - history, origins, and causes;
  • additions and corrections.

Also includes one map on folio 61: 'KURDISTAN AND THE KURDISH TRIBES'.

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1 file (59 folios)
Arrangement

The file consists of a single publication. A contents page is at the front of the volume (f 2).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio, with 61, which is a folded map attached to the outside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/22
Title
'Kurdistan and the Kurds'
Pages
front, front-i, 2r:19r, 21v:60v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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