"استطلاعات في بلاد الرافدين وكردستان وشمال غرب بلاد فارس ولرستان في الفترة من أبريل إلى أكتوبر ١٨٨٨، كتبها المقدم ف. ر. مونسيل، فرع الاستخبارات. يوجد مجلدان. المجلد الأول: تقرير سردي ووصف للمدن الكبرى والطرق المؤدية منها. شيملا: فرع الاستخبارات، إدارة قائد الإمداد والتموين، ١٨٩٠" [و‎‎٩‎٧] (٣١٢/١٩٨)

Mosul plain from Feishkhabur to the Great Zab. Sbaikb Adi, their celebrat
ed shrine, is among the hills, east of Mosul.
Yezidis are divided into four sects :
Shaikhan ^ on ]yj osu j plain.
Dman )
JIaweri. —Nomads going to the districts round Lake Van.
Sinjari in villages round Sinjar.
The districts round Redwan to the south of Sairdt once contained several
Yezidi villages ; of these only three now remain near Redwan.
There are six villages in the Tor A bdin hills, east of Mardni between it and
Midiyat, with four villages, near Hassan Kaif arid three round Diarbekr. ^
In Tiflis, Erivan and in Georgia are some lezidis, but not in any gieat
nUn fhose residing east of Mosul form by far the most peaceable and flourish
ing portion of them ; Mirza Beg, their civil and religious head and Shaikh
IS'asr, their chief priest, live at Badri. Hattara, Gurrapahan, Basheikha and
Badri are their principal villages.
Along the south-west slopes of the Dohuk Dagh are some large villages.
The language of the Yezidis is Rermanji.
The total number of Yezidis is estimated at about 60,000. They are
favourably disposed towards Christianity, and Missionaries have made some
converts and hope for more.
KIZXLBASH.
This is a generic name given by the Turks' to Shabbakhs, Baghilans or
Begwans and 'Turkmans. • i • • a
Their religion is closely allied to the Ah Allahis of Kannd in Persia and
many of the Lur tribes farther to the south. -i i -i r i •
Shabbakhs are peaceful cultivators whose villages are dotted about the plain
east and south of Mosul as far as the Great Zab. _ Their religion is to a
certain extent mysterious, as they profess to like Christian, Muhammadan and
Jew alike. Some of them believe in the incarnation of the Deity in Ah, while
others state that Ali was merely a prophet. .
They believe also in Hassan Kosh, a mythical personage whom they rever
ence and look upon as their intercessor in Heaven. ^
They believe in a millennium of 1,000 years in which they are to be the
ruling nation, and Hassan Kosh is again to visit the earth. After the millen-
nium 5 the end of the world comes. < *, , • , , ,
They meet together in secret occasionally. A Shaikh or priest at each
meeting gets up to pray and preach. Stories of certain indecent rites perfoim-
ed at these meetings are said to be quite libellous.
They keep three or four fast days in the year.
They do not receive the Koran, keep Ramazan or any of the Muham
madan fasts, and are much given to drink. There are said to be 50 or 60
villages of Shabbakhs and Bedjwans in the districts south-east of Mosul
especially round Akra and Navkur.
Bed!wans hold similar religious views to the Shabbakhs.
There are large Turkman villages on the Tigris near Mar Girgis and dotted
along the east bank of the Tigris. . .
In Kirkuk, Altun Keupri, Tuz Khurmatu, Kipn, Tasa khurmatu are
several Turkmans.