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“ Scarcely a fifth of the arable land in this district is now under culti
vation, acd certainly the revenues might be raised, with proper care, to ten
times their present amount,”
The district of Zohab is at present rented to the chief of the Gurans for
the sum of 12,000 tomans. -
Ahmadavand Chalabi, a branch of the great Hamavand tribe which
inhabited the neighbourhood of Kasr-i-Shirin and Sar-i pol-i-Zohab.
The Ahmadavand Chalabi were claimed by the Pasha of Bagdad as
Turkish subjects, and after the death ot‘ Jan Mir Khan they crossed the
frontier and settled in Turkish territory.
A son of Jan Mir Khan was in Kermanshah a few months ago, but was
politely asked by the Governor of Kermanshah to go and rejoin his tribe.
Balulc of Aivan ,—A large district which borders on Luristan towards
the south, and on the Turkish town of Mendali to the west.
Governor, Hedayetullah Khan Sartip.
This district is inhabited by the Aivanis, a tribe very closely connected
to the Kalhors, who are said years ago to have been under their authority.
They number some 2,000 families. They are cultivators, and have a
certain amount of cattle. They pay 2,200 tomans maliyat per annum, and
furnish no military contingent.
Their present chiefs are Ahmad Khan, Ammanullah Khan and
Hedayetullah Khan.
Their territory extends up to Kumesang, near Mendali.
The Ab-i-Gangir, which supplies the town of Mendali, has its source
near Soumar in the Aivan district. The inhabitants of Mendali pay the
Aivanis 100 to 150 tomans per annum, in return for the use of the water.
The small district of Harasam, which nominally forms part of the Aivan
district, is inhabited by the so-called Harasami, descendants of settlers who
migrated here from Kermanshah. They number some 200 families.
Buluk of Huleilan .—A tract of country 35 to 40 miles south of
Kermanshah, bounded on the east by the Pish Kuh Luristan, north by the
small district of H^rasam and west by Bijawand. It is under the governor
ship of Ali Eeza Khan Mirpanj, son of the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh. It is
inhabited by Lur tribes, known under the general designation of Huleilanis,
and divided as follows :—Dajiwand, 200 families ; Balawand, 300 families ;
Surkhameri, 200 families ; under the authority of Ali Reza Khan, son of
H ussein Guli Khan Sarhang. Although the district is part of the province
of Kermanshah, the tribes and land belong to the Yali of Pusht-i-Kuh.
The Osmanavand and Jelalaland, the former having their Yeilaks in
Mahidasht, under the authority of Zahir ul Mulk Zengeneh, to whose
regiment they supply a contingent; the latter furnishing a contin
gent to the Kerind regiment and have their Keshlaks in Huleilan.
The Chupankeras of various tribes, to whom the Kermanshah villagers
give the keeping of their cattle for the cold season, come here for the
winter and rent pasture land from the Huleilan tribesmen.