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SHARAFBAim
of the two killed his brother and gained undisputed possession of the tribe.
As the mother of the younger had been a relation of Fateh Beg, chief of the
Walad Begl, a neighbouring tribe, this constitued a blood feud which existed
till March 1911. A meeting was then called, at which it was proposed to
make peace, and the son and brother of Aziz Beg with five other relatives
were present. At a given signal ones of Fateh Beg’s sons and his adherents
fell upon these individuals and murdered them, the only remaining one of the
family being an infant. Fateh Beg then assumed the leadership of the
Sharafbaim, but owing to the threats of Baud Khan Kalhur, gave it up in
April 1911, and the tribe is now (1912) under the leadership of Abdullah Beg,
brother of the late ’Aziz Beg. He has also assumed the title Shahab-ul-
Mamalik which was the right of ’Aziz Beg.
Properly speaking Sharafbsinl is only the name of ’Abdullah Beg’s family
and represents in numbers a very small portion of the tribe generally so
called; this would be more correctl nam?d Kuraki.
The tribe is semi-nomodic and Sunni by religion, and originally came
from the Bahdinan tribes near Mosul. They speak the Jaf dialect.—
{Soane, 1911.)
Principal family.
Aolad Beg (deed.)
’Aziz Beg, ’Abdullah Be
Shahab-ul-Mamalik (deed.) Shahab-ul-Mamalik.
Sulaiman, ‘All Khan,
Zargham-ul-Mamalik Shahab-ul-Mamali <. (murdered.)
Total forces :—150—200 horsemen and some 800 armed men on foot.
Total numbers about 7,500 souls, but this is probably a rather high figure.
Summer quarters :—Bamu Mountain.
Winter quarters :—Shaikhan.
SHARAFBAINI (District)—
Geography .—This district is commonly known as Barkaif and Pishkaif.
It is bounded on the west by the Shirwan river from Maidan to Darband-i-
Khan, on the north by the Zimna and G-awala mountains and by the Garrao
and Kani Zhinan streams, on the east by the watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. of Guma Pushta,
Sarpan and north Garrai, and on the south by the Cham-i-Garral, and
’Abbasan streams to Mamishan, thence by the Nao Machik range.
Population .—Hurln is the chief place of the district, which has besides
some 33 villages. Of these, 5 have been unwillingly ceded by the Sharaf-
bainis to Fateh Beg, Walad Begi of Yaiglran. In the western portion of the
district the population is insufficient to cultivate all the land at its disposal;
in the eastern portion the land just suffices for its present occupants. There
is a large number of religious Shaikhs in the district.
Language .—The language 'spoken in the district is southern Kurmanji.
Arabic and Turkish are not understood, and Persian only to a very limited
extent.