"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد I. ١٩١٨" [‎١‎١‎٣] (٥٦٨/١٢٢)

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branch of the Shekak ranges between Baradost and the Persian
frontier.
. PinianisJili. A large group, the head of a confederacy of tribes.
i" 5 ' ln the Hakidari highlands east of the Great Zab valley.
Hartoshi. A large and powerful group, mainly consisting of
nomads, who range between the Zakho district, on the Mosul plains,
and the highlands south of Lake Van. According to Sykes the
Sharafan are the largest section of the Hartoshi (3,000 families)
and ' descend south of Aqreh in spring'. According to
on E. T. A. the Sharafan number only 150 tents, and the largest
sections are the Gavdan (300 tents) and the Mamkhoran (15 villages).
.'•iiffji The Gavdcin are found in the valley of that name, and also, in
ilteimli summer, on the Maidan-i-Lalishi, and, in spring, near Zakho. They
are said by Sykes to have had a bad reputation as thieves. The
ulionjii Mamkhoran (in the valley of that name and, in summer, on the
I iarishi Yaila) are described by Sykes as 'very warlike nomads'.
Mir an. A large tribe of nomads who move between the Mesopo-
iondl tamian plains, near Jezlret-ibn-'Omar, and Lake Van. The Miran,
who have a bad reputation among their neighbours, were at the head
of a large confederation in central Kurdistan until their chief,
Sdfliliij, Mustafa Pasha, was slain in battle with the Goyan.
G-oyan (1,500 families?). In the Goyan valley near the Hazil
valley. A strong and warlike tribe under a number of small
aetatf Partl y sedentary, partly nomadic.
Shernakhli (600 families ?). A sedentary tribe near Shernakh, said
rs of Ik ^0 be a branch of the Goyan.
Atmanikan (5,000 families ?). A wealthy nomad tribe moving
est oil between Til and the Mush plain, and frequenting the Bitlis valley. 0
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|®I« Mtui. A great group oi tribes which moves annually between
the Qarajeh Dagh and the Mesopotamiau plains near Veiran Shehr,
(t can P ro bably put into the field a few thousand mounted men, of
^ whom a fair proportion would be armed with Mausers.
Ibrahim Pasha, the late chief of the Milli, made himself the head
eiiitf a 8 rea t confederacy which included some Arab tribes (e.g. the
Jj# Adwan : ^ckoned at 1,000 guns). In Ibrahim's day this confederacy
Enet# WaS contail1 11>006 men armed either with rifles or flint-
j, locks. Of these fighting men 8,000 were mounted, and from them
were furnished three regiments of hatnidi (irregular cavalry),
of Bis 1908 the Committee of Union and Progress determined to
1 break the P ower of Ibrahim Pasha, and stirred up trouble in his
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