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'Kurdistan and the Kurds' [26v] (52/122)
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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50
territory of the ancient kingdom of Armenia. They have no connection
with the other tribes living in this part of Kurdistan. The men are tall
and well-built, fairly industrious, hut not very hospitable.
The third group contains nine tribes, as follows :—
1.
2 .
3.
4.
5.
6 .
7.
8.
9.
Tribe.
Number of
families.
Zekeri
(?)
Musi
(?)
Sarmi
400
Jellali
100
Khazali
50
Bederi
(?)
Malashigo ...
(?)
Bosikan
180
Kurian
180
Locality.
[Grouped to
gether in the J
mountains I
south of Mush] (
Between Mush
and Kabeljous
[S.W. of the
Bosikan and
Kurian
[S.W. of the
Bosikan and
Kurian]
Between Mush
and Kabeljous
Between Mush
and Kabeljous
Remarks.
They speak Kermanji,
Armenian, and cor
rupt Arabic, and
claim to be of Arab
origin.
They speak Kermanji,
Armenian, and cor
rupt Arabic, and
claim to be of Arab
origin.
The tradition of these tribes is that the Bosikan and Kurian settled
first in this region and they were converted to Islam by a Sheikh Nasruddin,
an envoy from the Caliph of Baghdad, whose followers formed the tribes
Zekeri, Musi, and Sarmi. Later, the Malashigo, Bederi and Jellali arrived
and united with them to drive the Bosikan and Kurian into the northern
mountains. All these tribes have Armenians attached to them ; they do
not resemble the Armenians of Lake Van, nor are they to be distinguished
from the Bosikan and Kurian Kurds in dress or in appearance. At Tillu,
a large village near Sairt, there still lives a Sheikh Nasruddin, who is
reputed to be a lineal descendant of the Sheikh Nasruddin who came from
Baghdad ; they are supposed to be of ‘Abbasid stock and claim the village
of Tillu and certain lands by deed of gift from the Sultan Selim.
Modeki or Motikan is the name of the inaccessible mountain-region
to the north of Bitlis ; and it is also the generic name of all the Kurds
inhabiting these hills. There are, apparently, seven tribes, the Keyburan,
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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)
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The file consists of a single publication. A contents page is at the front of the volume (f 2).
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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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