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(c) Za'afaranlu. —Habitat, Kuchan and Shirvan, in
which districts they number 50,000 and 12,000
respectively. A fine, robust, well-clothed and
well-housed race. Have the reputation of being
brave, hospitable, honest and of independent
bearing. Of their total 49,000 are settled and
13,000 nomads. Not of much fighting value.
Speak Kurdish, Turkish and Persian. Total
number of rifles, 1,700 magazine and 3,300
single loaders.
(d) Kaiwanlu, a Kurdish tribe expatriated by Shah
Abbas together with the Za’afaranlu (Kuchan
district) and Shahdillu (Bujnurd district) from
Kurdistan about the year 1600. Scattered ele
ments of this tribe are found in the Darrehjaz,
Kuchan, Juwain, and other areas, but its head
quarters may be said to be Radkan. Its Gov
ernment was, until recently, in the hands of its
Ilkhani. Formerly nomadic, like the other
Kurdish tribes brought to Khurasan, it has now
settled down to agriculture, and the nomads
form but a small proportion of the whole. 8,000
souls with about 150 rifles (modern single
loaders).
(3) Chadar Amah. — i.e. “tent dwellers”. This term is
loosely used and refers to nomadic tent dwellers. It is
especially applied to the Hazaras, and tribes along the
Persian-Herat border, viz., the Taimuris, and Baluchis.
Taimuris.—A warlike race of Sunnis, who are on bad
terms with the Berberis, though the ancient feud between
them may now (1930) be said to be at an end. They are
on none too good terms with the Persian Government. In
appearance darker than, but somewhat similar to, the
Arabs. The tribe, which is said to contain about 6,000
families, is scattered over the Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam,
Bakharz, and Rui Khaf districts. A number of the tribe
are tent-dwellers owning large flocks of goats and sheep.
The remainder are cultivators.
, The Mishmast section are Shiahs.
The Seistan Levy Corps enlisted two troops of Mounted
Infantry from this tribe. These were later transferred to
the Khurasan Levy Corps, which corps was disbanded in
January 1921. More could have been raised if they had