'Report on Fars by Captain A T Wilson, Indian Political Department' [‎26r] (56/396)

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They have gained considerable notoriety of recent years for
their bold attacks on the Bushire-Isfahan road, and in particular for
their carefully planned raid on the Russian Consul-General’s
caravan in November 1909, in conjunction, it is said, with Qashqal
under Muhammad All Ivhan Qashquli. They have been known to
combine with the MamassanI, as well as the Qashqal, to per
petrate robberies on a large scale; they have, however, no dose
political bonds with either party, nor with the Qawamls, with
whom they are sometimes in touch.
They spend the winter in Sunkarabad, Qalat, Deh-i-Dasht
and Suk-i-Changalwar.
They summer in Chanar, Sar Rud and the slopes of Kuh-i-
Dina. They remain in the high country or “Sarhadd ” later than
any other of the tribes in Ears.
The following forts are in their hands:—
Azu, occupied by Nasrullah Khan.
Chanar, occupied by Qaid Muhammad ’AH.
Dil, occupied by Nasrulkh Khan.
Fashiun, occupied by A. Saiyid Dal.
Kalayar, occupied by Muhammad Khan.
Sar Rud, occupied by Shukrullah Khan.
Sisakht, occupie# by Mu 11 a Kubad.
Tal Khusrii, occupied by Ghulam Husain Khan.
Their market towns are Behbehan and Ardakan; they export
ghi, gum, almonds, carpets, wool and goats’ hair. The total mdli-
ydt demanded from them is 4,000 tumdns, payable at Behbehan,
a town in the local politics of which they frequently play a pro
minent part.
The remaining Chehar Banicheh tribes take no part in Ears
affairs, and for^ details concerning them reference is invited to
Captain Ranking’s Report.
88 . Chehdr Rdhl .—This tribe, with whom are included the Yishn
and Sarchaham, are a group numbering 600 families; they live in
tents, spending the winter in Abadeh-i-Tashk, with ’the Lashani
(< 7 .v.),the summer in Bavanat, but they have no fixed “ sarhadd. ”
The Kaldntar of the Chehar-Rahi is Panj ’All, that of the Yishni
Mustafa Quli, that of the Sar Chahanl (200 tents), Mulla Muhsim
The last named cultivate lands which are the fief of Haidar ’A1
Khan of the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. family of Shiraz.
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