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'Kurdistan and the Kurds' [55v] (110/122)
The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in 1919?. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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108
Baradost and Rowandak ; in winter they roam between Derah and
Erbil. They are fairly well armed and are expert thieves. There is
a section of this tribe in the Dast-i-Harir, under ‘Aziz Yahudi.
P. 59, 1. 3. Girdi.
The present chief is Jemil Agha; under him are his brother,
Masjid Agha, who is well-educated and talks Persian, and Arab Agha.
Their strength is 300 cavalry and 1,000 infantry. Most of the tribe
live near Erbil, on the banks of the Bastura Chai; those near
Rowanduz live between that river and Derah, under Masjid Agha.
Arab Agha controls two villages near Khoi. They are well armed and
warlike. They originally came from Shemsdinan and are followers of
Sayyid Taha. Kakil Agha, the late chief, was strongly anti-Turk; he
was once imprisoned, but was released through the representations of
Sayyid Taha. The tribe has a chronic feud with the Zerara, on whose
territory they are continually encroaching. The latter is a small tribe
owning 8 or 9 villages in the same district; their chief is Ahmed
Agha, a clever, cunning man. The Zerara are closely allied to the
Khura, whose chief is Masjid Agha, and who are cultivators, owning
some land in the Shaklowa district.
In this district are found also the Khushnao (or Koshnao, see
p. 62.), about 1,000 strong, under Qadir Bey; they are very rich and
powerful, and they vigorously opposed the Russian advance in 1916.
Their sub-tribes are the Mirmahli (chiefs: Qadir Bey and Rashid
Bey; 36 villages), the Miryusufi (chiefs: Salih Bey and Khidr Bey;
28 villages), and the Pizhtgelli (chief : Ahmed Bey ; 29 villages).
P. 60, 1. 19. For “ Shernakli ” read “ Shernakhli.”
P. 62, 1. 32. Surchi.
The Surchi are a sedentary tribe, given to agriculture, on both
banks of the Greater Zab, from the Bastura Chai to Kani-‘Othman ;
it also covers most of the Dast-i-Harir; there are the seven following
sub-tribes :—
Name of tribe.
Chief.
Remarks.
Yusu Kaskif
Mahmud Agha and Haris
9 villages.
Agha
Atrafi Harir
Mejid Khan
5 villages round Harir.
Kulu Agha
Kalinj Agha
11 villages.
Mai abas
Mahmud Agha...
24 villages.
Mamasani
Tajdin Agha
14 villages.
Mamsal...
Kasaq Agha
Nomadic; 120 tents.
Binin Naodast
Haris Agha
9 villages.
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The file consists of a publication concerning Kurdistan and the Kurds. Produced and published by the General Staff, India, and printed in Mount Carmel, Palestine. It provides an edited collection of information based on the reports of military and political officers Captain C F Woolley, and Major Edward Noel (dated c 1919), and a paper written by Sir Mark Sykes in 1908.
It is divided into the following sections:
- Kurdistan and the Kurds - including boundaries, topography, and its inhabitants;
- the Kurdish tribes - including their locality, rough numbers, character, prominent families, and allegiances;
- Kurdish tribes outside Kurdistan - between Erzingan [Erzincan] and Sivas and in the neighbourhood of Marash [Kahramanmaraş], in Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. , and in Syria;
- the Kurdish Movement for independence - history, origins, and causes;
- additions and corrections.
Also includes one map on folio 61: 'KURDISTAN AND THE KURDISH TRIBES'.
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- 1 file (59 folios)
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The file consists of a single publication. A contents page is at the front of the volume (f 2).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio, with 61, which is a folded map attached to the outside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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