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JAFFARABA.D —
A village of 40 houses in Kurdistan, 163 miles from Kirmanshah, on the road
thence to Tabriz.—-(Napier.)
JAFFARABAD (Kalatarzan)—
A village of the district of Kalatarzan .—{Government list.)
JAFFS (Turks)—
A nomad tribe who lives on both sides of the Turkish frontier as far south
as Khaniqin but chiefly in the Sakiz and Sujbulak districts of Kurdistan
and Azarbaiian. They are considered Kurds, though apparently more resembl
ing Arabs and are divided into theKashkai, Sursur, Babajani, and Abrami clans.
They were formerly Persian subjects, but now acknowledge Turkish sovereignty.
They are popularly said to be able to muster 35,000 horsemen. The who e
of the upland valleys of Sakiz are invaded every spring by these nomads
and mounted parties make swoops on the villages of the district, all of \vhicn
are perfectly defenceless, levy blackmail at their discretion, and recross the fron
tier before they can be punished.— {Gerard ; Plowden.)
Notwithstanding the protests of the Persian Government, Merivanand the dis
tricts of Khurkhureh, Salar, Hubetu, and Tilehkuh are, during five or six months
of the year, occupied by the Turkish tribe of The Jaffs. In contravention of the
treaty between the Persian and Turkish Governments, the chiefs of this tn e,
after having practically destroyed all the villages of these districts, purchased
them and have retained possession of them. During the time of their stay
in Persia not only do the Jaffs import and export all their goods and produce
without paying customs duty, but they also help Ottoman subjects to import
merchandise, specially prohibited goods, such as arms and ammunition and
aniline dyes, without paying duty. These goods are then forwarded, under the
escort of Jaff savars, to Mukri, Afshar, Zinjan, Garrus, Hamadan, and vicinity
of Senna. To stop the incursions of these Jaffs a strong governor is re
quired. It is said that a large amount is allowed every year to the Governor of
Kurdistan out of the revenue of the province to defray the expenses of
preventing the Turkish Jaffs from entering Persian territory.
JAFFS (Tribe)—
Persians. See tribes of Kurdistan.
JIGHATU—
A large river 22 fartakhs to the north-west of Senna. It flows north wards and has
its rise in the mountain of Chihil Chameh or Chihil Chashmeh, near ® as ^> a y 1 a 8®
12 farsakhs north-west of Senna. This river passes through the districts ot
Sakiz and Siah-Kuh and joins, near Mianduab, the river Tathu which comes
from the mountains of Mukri and falls into Lake Urumieh. {H. L. Rabmo.)
It is crossed by the Senna-Sakiz road at 2% farsakhs hom S&kiz—{Customs.)
Its principal affluents are the Sakiz and Khurkhureh rivers.
A river of Azarbaijan, flowing north between Sainkaleh and Sujbulak
into Lake Urumieh. It forms the boundary between the Turko-Tartar an
Kurd tribes ; the frontier between the Turko-Tartars and Persians is situa e
farther west. At Sujbulak the river is about 300 feet broad, aud its wa era,
as clear as crystal, flow rapidly over pebbles ; it is about one foot deep an
easily fordable. Gerard says that just outside the town of Mianduab it is a on
80 yards broad, 31' deep, and in the winter very difficult to ford owing
♦he floating ice,— {Gerard', Thielman\ 1. D„ W. 0., Part /.)