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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
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The following notes about the mixed Kurdish and Armenian tribes
which have been kindly supplied by the Rev. T. K. Mugerditchian, an
Armenian pastor, who has been attached to the British Consular service
since 1896 and has been British vice-Consul at Diarbekr since 1904, arrived
after the report had been put into the printer’s hands:—
P. 8, 1. 89. Diarbekr.
Conquered by the Tatars in 1517.
P. 24. 1. 16. Karakechili.
Another tribe living with the Karakechili is the Guessan, who
lead a sedentary life in the district of Chermug. The tribesmen are
half Armenian and half Kurd, half Christian and half Moslem. Most
families are divided between the two creeds, both the Armenian priest
and the Moslem mulla regularly visiting them.
P. 26, 1. 14. For “ Kaimmaqam ” read “ Qaimmaqam.”
P. 89, 1. 26. Sileva.
In this district, of which the centre is at Mufarakin (Farkin),
there are two large tribes, the Sulev and the Zuruka; of these the
Sulev are clearly the same as the Sileva given in the list of Mahmud
ibn Ibrahim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . These tribes are sedentary and own many
villages, some of which are Kurdish and others Armenian.
P. 39, 1. 28. Sinkan and Rejban.
Also called Sineka and Regiba. These tribes possess a number of
villages in the Busheri (Beshira) district and are partly Kurdish,
partly Armenian.
P. 42, 1. 25. Shitiyah Kurds.
On the southern and western banks of the Tigris there is a
powerful tribe of Kurds, called the Ashiti, who are perhaps connected
with the Shitiyah, or the Arshitan (see p. 40). It is probable that
the Ashiti were originally Christians of the Armenian tribes Ashdik
and Hashdiank. It is said that the Haverki and Dakshuri are really
branches of the original Ashiti tribe. The present tribesmen are
farmers, shepherds and vine-growers; they are good fighters, but
addicted to brigandage.
P. 44, 1.3. Mahalemi (Muhallamiyeh).
Armenians and Jacobites who relinquished the Christian faith
under the leadership of the Syrian Patriarch Ismai
P. 48, 1. 29. Alikan.
(Or Alica, formerly Alyan or Alan). Their neighbours are the
Reshkota on the N.W., the Bisheri on the W., the Mamiga on the N.
and N.E., and the Khalda on the S.E.