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itnluJc of Vastam.—k. small district to the north o£ Ker mans hah, extend
ing from Kaubendeh Saleh to Hajjiabai, and from the Karasu to Kinisht
^and the Parau Mountains.
Tiiis district is practically entirely the property of Hajji Abdur Rahim,
Vekil-ed-Dovvleb.
Pairavanrh* —The Pairavands are divided into four branches : Dalujeh
with 6 katkhorlas, Z >yar with ’2 katkbodas. Kolkol with 4 katkhodas and
Ruliai with 2 katkbodas. They number 400 bouses. They have no fixed
Oaimsirs, some of them go to Pusht-i-Kuh, others tc the Sinjabi district.
Of these 400 families about 70 or h0,and even more, do not go to Keshlaks.
The others are settled in Kinisht and the surrounding villages. The
leilaksof the Pairavands are in the Kuh-i-Parrao.
The villages of Kaiakuin, Zalouab, Saraleh, Khalek and Kinisht are
principally inhabited by the Paiwands.
BuluJc of Mian Derbend. —This district extends from the district of
Kermanshah to the province of Kurdistan, and to the districts of Kuiia
and Pusht Derhend.
The Governor is Mohamed Khan Ahmadavand, Path ul Mamalek.
The inhabitants are mostlv Ahmadavand Behtui.
The Mahal Zir Derband, which forms part of this buluk, is a plain,
watered by the Ab-i-Razawar; and contains some 23 or 30 hamlets, averag
ing from 10 to 30 bouses apiece, one of which is Kakiistan, a halting
phice on the road to Senneh (Senenduj), some 16 miles irom Kermanshah.
The district of Mian Dei bend is also called Bilavar.
Buluk of Pusht-Derbend, also called Bala-Derbend, to the north of
Kermanshah.
Governor, NesruTah Khan of Diskeran.
The population is eoinposed of Kuliais, Ahmadavand Behtuis and
other Kurds.
' The Ahmadavand Behtuis, or more correctly Ahmadavand and Ahmal-
avand Behtui, aie branches of the great Hamavand (Hamad in Jaid being
the equivalent for Ahmad) tribe who inhabit Turkish territory ; a*.d are
said to have, some 30 years ago, pillaged the frontier and even besieged
Mend all.
The Ahmadavand Behtui number about 400 houses, under the authority
of Zahir ul Mulk Zengeneh. The chief of the tribe is Mohamed Khan,
Path nl Mamalek. They furnish 100 horsemen to the Government. In
summer they reside some 5 faxsakhs from town in hamlets, where they
till their fields, and in winter they go to their Keshlaks near Kasr Shirin.
The Ahmadavand Behtui are Shiahs.
Buluk of Dinavar, —Governor, Khodadad Khan.
A district containing some 50 hamlets. It is formed by a large plain,
on the road from Kermanshah to Tabriz ; and' is entered by the Tang-i%
Millehmass and ends at the Tang-i-Dinavar.
Most of the hamlets belong to Azam ed Dowleh, a few to Mansoor es
Saltaneh.