"دليل بلاد فارس، الجزء III، وهو يتضمن محافظة فارس، لورستان، عربستان، خوزستان، يزد، كرمانشاه، أردلان، كردستان" [ظ‎‎٥‎٥] (٦٨٦/١١٥)

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Bakhtiaki Lurs.
Details of families.
The Haft Lang are subdivided into the—
Durakai —4,C00 families, with summer residence in Chahar-Mahal and part
of Bazuft, and winter residence in Sardasht and Diz
Haft Lang. SMhi .
BakhtiarIwand or Baidarwand. —3,000 families, with residence in
summer as above, and winter residence in Susan-Surkh-Ab, Andaku,
Shimbar, and Lali.
UiiAKi — 1,200 families, residing during the summer in the mountains near
Falat and Semiran, and in the winter near the sea-coast to the north of
Bushahr.
Mal-Ahmadi. —This tribe, 1,000 families, and the above were originally sub
divisions of the Baidarwands, and accompanied Nadir Shah in his expedi
tion against Kandahar, Returning to Persia, the former settled near Kalat.
Salak. —2,000 families, with summer residence near Gulpaigftn and Khonsar,
and winter residence at Japalak and Sllakhbr. They are chiefly engaged
in agriculture.
The Haft Lang are chiefly Iliyats; the Chahar Lang are now,
many of them, settled in villages; the former are poorer and worse
clad, as a rule, than the latter ; they are less civilized. [Layard.)
Now, under the IlkhanI and a more settled rule, they are becoming
less barbarous in character, and caravans can pass in safety through
their hills, as mentioned before.
The chief tribes of the Chahar Lang are—
Kiyunurzx. —1,000 families, occup} T ing in the summer Feridan, part of
Japalak (Jopalag), and Pazuft, Zarda Kuh, and the mountains of Man-
gasht; and in the winter Hallagan and plain of Tul. They are chiefly
lliyats, and are brave and expert horsemen.
Suhuni. 1,500 families, occupying during the summer Bazuft and Zarda
Kub, and in the winter Gulgir, Asmarl, Shimbar, and Andaku. They
are Iliyats, and have both good horsemen and matchlockmen. They culti
vate corn and barley, for the growth of which their lands are very
favourable.
Mahmud Salih. 1,000 families, occupying during the summer Chihal
Chashma and Feridan, and in the winter Miandizan and hills above the
plain. It is one of the original tribes of the Chahar Lang.
Mocurwi.—1,000 families, occupying in summer Feridan and vicinity of
Buruprd, and in the winter Kal’a-i-Tul and vicinity of Buruiird. It is
one of the original tribes of the Chahar Lang.
M emiwand or Mantvand and Zalaki. —7,000 families, generally encamp
with the tribe of Mahmud Salih. A subdivision of the Memlwand encamp
near Bizful during the winter; they are chiefly agriculturists.
jamah.— 500 families.
The chief dependencies of the Bakhtiari Lurs are the—
6,000 families, occupying during the summer Towah Doveral
nnO mountains above Susan and Bazuft, and in the winter Susat
R ? lir " ori g in ally came from Isfahan, and are as barbarous
i > nor f an as an ^ °f the mountains, and are only kept in subjectioi
™/T. 0 f J eT?re J“ n, 8 l lT, nt , or deatb - They muster a few goed horsemen
a ,0 „oL» W fl matchlockmen. They cultivate corn, blrley, and rice
and possess large flocks of sheep and goats.
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