"كردستان والأكراد" [و‎‎٥‎٩] (١٢٢/١١٧)

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P. 90, 1. 16. Avromani.
This tribe occupies the slopes of the Avroman Dagh, partly in
Persian and partly in Turkish territory.
Tribes.
Sub-tribes.
Chiefs.
Fighting
Strength.
Luhun
Ja‘far-i-Snltan
600
j Rezao
Husein Khan
2,500
Takht
( Dizeli
Mahmud Khan Dizeli
350
Shahr
Nadir Sultan
450
They are well armed and have made themselves virtually indepen
dent of the Persian authorities and have seized the property of many
notables of Sennah. Husein Khan, a very intelligent man and a
sound leader, controls all the tribe; Ja far-i-Sultan is a bitter opponent
of the Turks and strongly Anglophile; Mahmud is nothing but a
turbulent brigand.
1. 22. Jabbari.
Their chief is Sayyid Muhammad; their strength is about 100
horsemen and 150 infantry. They are settled between Kirkuk and
Chamchamal and are engaged in agriculture.
1. 25. Merivani.
This tribe has been terribly reduced by war, famine and disease
and their numbers probably do not exceed 900 fighting men under
Kai Khusru Khan and 1,650 under Mahmud Khan. They live on the
Persian frontier round Merivan.
1. 28. Shuan.
There are two sub-tribes, the Kashik under Hasan (10 villages)
and Rajab (35 villages), and the Sarkhasa under ‘Aziz Sherif Jalal
(11 villages), Rashid (6 villages) and ‘Abdullah ‘Othman (8^villages).
They occupy the land between the Sheikh Bazeini on the N. and the
Qara Hasan hills on the S.
They cultivate wheat, barley, maize, lentils, and beans, as well as
some cotton and tobacco; but most of their ground is hilly and l»0/o is
useless for cultivation.
The Bibani, under Katkhuda Ahmed ibn Ma‘ruf, who occupy two
villages in the Gurgur hills, take refuge with the Shuan in times of
trouble.