"دليل بلاد فارس، الجزء III، وهو يتضمن محافظة فارس، لورستان، عربستان، خوزستان، يزد، كرمانشاه، أردلان، كردستان" [و‎‎١‎٥‎١] (٦٨٦/٣٠٦)

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Mr. Schindler considers that the proportion of souls per family
among the nomads is smaller than that of residents in towns and
villages. Of the Mussulman population 50 - 5 per cent, are females
and 49’5 per cent, males. *
The Lurs of Lur-i-Kuchak are under the jurisdiction of the
G-overnor, resident at Khuramabad.
The Lurs of Lur-i-Buzurg are under that of the Governor of Ara-
bistan, resident at Burujird and of that of Isfahan.
The Kuhgehlu and Mamaseni are under the government of Bih-
bahan (Shiraz).
The Kashkai are under that of Ears (Shiraz). All are under the
Zil-us-Sultan, residing at Isfahan. Of themselves they have no
power to combine ; although the chiefs of the Lur families are closely
connected together by marriage, where all are equally as faithless, blood
relations cannot be trusted. Were combination possible, a weak des-
Loyalty potism, such as the Government of Persia is,
would be unable to demand more than a fair
amount of revenue. Under the guidance of a powerful, trusted, and
disinterested agency, capable of suppressing all petty jealousies, alone
can combination be looked for to work out a common aim. A foreign
power alone amongst Asiatics can play the part of a trusted agency.
The most complete account of the Mamaseni and Kuhgehlu Lurs
n- -t r n- & au d of the Kashkai, as well as of the other
dwellers in Ears, will be found in the works of
Dr. Andrea. All these tribes were reduced to order by Prince Farhad
Mlrza by a ruthless shedding of blood (since 1877).
Besides the policy of scattering all dangerous elements and of in
triguing to keep up domestic feuds, already, referred to, the only
policy of the Persian rulers is to accumulate wealth during their
precarious terms of office; notions of patriotism, of desire for the
welfare of the subject, all beliefs in high aims, must be set on one
side. The rule resulting from such policy is one of blood and gold.
The Uiyat tribes along the border of Turkey and Persia have ever
„ , been noted for their predatory habits : the Turk
Border Inyats. .. j j i. it • -j-j
being regarded by the Persian as an intruder
on the limits of the ancient Persian empire; the former, the orthodox
believer in Omar and the omnipotent J/tdti the latter, the disciple of
the martyred '’All,—the one a Sum, the other a Shiah.
The Feill Lurs occupy the Persian border from Dizful to Karman-
shah.
It is difficult to treat with the border Uiyats diplomatically, they
occupying Turkish territory at one time and Persian at another. ( Bell.)
IL KHAMSAH—Lat. Long. Elev.
The name of a division of the nomadic tribes of Ears. It con
sists of five tribes, each under its own Kat Khuda, viz., (1) the II Arab,
with 6,000 households. (2) The Abol [?] Yerdeh : these are the chiefs
of the whole tribes of Khamsah. At one time they had great influence,
but now they are engaged in trade, and most of them are in the Shah s
regiments. About 500 of this tribe alone remain. (3) Nafar :
these • are a quiet and poor tribe. (4) Banarlu: this is a very