'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎317r] (638/982)

made ovef as servants to one of his followers by the Vali, and were thus
transplanted into their present haunts. They are said to number in all
some 100 fam lies.
The Gallehddr is a small tribe owning certain lands of its own in the neigh
bourhood of Ma’dan-i-Namak to the east of Khurramabad ; some of the
tribe live, all the year round, in Khurramabad itself, while others of them
follow the Bair an;, wand and Sagwand to the garmsirs. The late Muhammad
’AH Mirza, Daulat Shah, appointed this tribe to be servants of the late
Haji Mulla Nur ’AH, a Mujtahid from Mazandaran, and exempted the
tribesmen from taxation. The tribe now belongs to Haji Agha, grandson
of the above-mentioned Mujtahid. Their numbers are reckoned at 80
families or 400 souls.
The Rumiarii occupy lands, some 20 miles north of Khurramabad, bet
ween those of the Bairan wand and Hasanwand. These are situated in
a well-watered, mountainous district known as Rabileh, much of which is
forest land and contains many fruit gardens. In the winter they move
down to within a few miles of Khurramabad. They supply a contingent
of 100 men for the Amrai regiment. They are reckoned at 300 families
or a total of 1,000 souls.
The Ruh Ruk have their tents some 10 to 12 miles to the east of Khurram
abad, between the Bairanawand and Sagwand. They own no lands of their
own in their summer quarters, but work for hire in the fields of Ma’dan-
i-Namak as well as in the mines. In their winter quarters, near the Chigini
TahmaspKhaneh river, they own some property at a place called Dalbar.
This is a finely wooded district, and the lands near the river abound with
francolm. Their numbers are said to be 100 families or some 500 souls.
Tihran The last of the four great divisions of the Burs, known as the
Imran, inhabit the country to the west of Klyirramabad and southwards
as far as the Saimarreh valley. Much of the land within the limits of these
tribes is crown property, which they cultivate to their own advantage after
paying moto fixed on them. They are very product ive and are well-watered
by the baimarreh river and its numerous tributaries. Saimarreh is an import-
AAA 1 !? an ? formerly P aid a mmdt t0 the Persian Government all told of
000 000 lbs. of grain yearly. It is the winter quarters of most of the tribes
of Lunstan, with a sedentary population formerly of some 300 or 400
families possessing influential Kaldntdrs. But since the sale of this tract
by the Government to Husain Quli Khan, Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh, who collect
ed his mahat m cash, the district has been deserted by the sedentary
a mi ies. The Tihran have their qdildq and Tcishldk mostly contiguous ;
a f e alIled h. v marriage and other reciprocal arrangements with the
BT an - hhey are, both numerically and in other respects, inferior to the
o er three branches of the Lurs. They are divided" up into a number of
email clans none of which have the individual importance of some of the
divisions of the other branches. Those that have any claim to special
no ice are e .higim, the Amrai and the Suri; while the remainder will be
found noted in the tabulated statement below. They have no supreme chief
. SultanknheDdnr " le8S *“y of the Fath-us-