"كردستان والأكراد" [و‎‎٢‎٢] (١٢٢/٤٣)

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Tribe.
Chief.
Capital.
Number
of
villages.
Number of
houses.
Number of
men.
2. Rammah
(Ramman)
Moham med
Agha and
Emin Agha
Skapitran ...
10
500
800 or
5,000
8. Korjoz
Yusuf Agha
and Ibrahim
Agha
Kefr Joz ...
80
2,500
3,000
4. Baravin
‘Osman Agha
Deraf
18
1,000
1,000
5. ‘Arabiyeh
‘A b duiker im
Agha
Challek ...
50
3,000
4,000
G. Rayitieh
(Christians)
‘Abd-ul-‘Aziz
Agha
Midiat
10
(?)
(?)
7. Ashirat Midiat
Rashid Agha
Midiat
8
600
800
8. Muhallamiyeh
Hasan Bey
and Khalil
Beyl
Kafr Ho war
and Deris-
bin
15
1,500
2,000
9. Surkij*
Ahmed Agha
Avinah
30
1,500
2.000 or
5.000
10. Beit Faro
Shatto Agha
Deir Hamza
•80
1,000
1,000
11. Bisheiriyeh ...
Husni Agha
Beit Zerjili
15
(?)
(?)
Beside these tribes, the Kurds of Omergan, who live to the north of
Mardin, are only known by name.
During tbe war, more than three-fourths of the Christians living in
the qazd of Midiat were massacred by the Kurdish tribes, who acted in
collusion with the Turkish Government. There now remain about 140
Christian houses at Midiat, 100 at ‘Ain Warda, and 150 at Enhel; some
survivors are also living in the monasteries at Hah and Deir Sulib ; 500
remain in and around Azekh, under the protection of the two chiefs,
Melki Agha and Hanna Elia Agha; ‘Ali Batti, too, shelters some 400
Christian families in the villages of Deir Mar Melkd, Kharabi Muska,
Kharabi ‘Ali, Kharabi Kefra, Bahibbe, and Habab, which come under his
jurisdiction.
The Haverki! Kurds live in the qazd of Midiat and the hills of
Aznaur; they possess about 150 villages and could raise a force of about
1500§ men. They have, in the past, caused the Turkish Government
much trouble, often ignoring and occasionally defying its authority. The
chief of the tribe is‘Ali Batti Agha., who resides at Muzeza ; his cousins
Sarhan, Hajo, and Chalabi, used to exert considerable influence, but they
f Or Khaluf Bey. * Or Sargetchi.
f Or Hawerka. § Another account estimates the tribe at 5,000 men.