'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎31r] (66/1278)

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tains adjoining the Janiki Garmslr, and the Janiki Sardslr, namely north
west of Behbehan and east of Ramuz. The residence of their chief is
Kaleh A’ala, near the source of one of the branches of the Jarrahi. They
are the most notorious robbers, and as ignorant and barbarous as any tribe
in these mountains. The shedding of blood is carried to a lamentable
extent among them ; the life of a man is no more valued than that of a
sheep. They are treacherous and deceitful; with them no oath is binding ;
and no traveller, unless protected in the strongest way, should venture to
go amongst them.
The Bahmal tribe was well and firmly ruled over by ’All Naki Khan and
his successor Hussa’n Khan is also capable. It is sub-divided into two
main divisions :—
(a) Ahmadi.
(b) Mahmud! (q-V.).
The Ahmadi are further sub-divided as follows :—
Waisi.
Qambari.
Shusini.
Baguli.
BalyabI (Bu-ul-Abi ?)
Biqmi.
Mulla Abbasl.
’Isavi.
Ghaibl.
Sa’ndat-i-Mangana Zur.
Shuj a-ud-Dini.
’Ali Mihri.
Malsakhti.
Muhammad Musai.
Yusuf! (see below).
Mehdi.
Mahmudi.
’Ala-ud-Dini (see below).
The Ahmadi Bahmai at present number some 2,500 families, though in
former times they numbered as many as 6,000 families. These, however,
owing to oppression and other internal causes, little by little dispersed and
settled in the Bakhtiari country. At present they could put up an armed
force of about 3,000 men into the field, together with 30 or 40 sowars.
The Ahmadi Bahmal are on friendly terms with the TaiyibI Garmslr, the
Agha Jarl and the Bakhtiari tribes.
Country .—Boundaries of land inhabited by the Ahmadi Bahmal are
Kaleh-i-Baba Khan (Bulfarls), Tashan, Kuh-i-Karun, Charusak, Chehar
Darreh and Barani.
Their summer quarters are Likak, Tashan and Lower MumbI, and their
winter quarters, Kuh-i-Safld Kuh-i-Karun and Upper Mumbl.
The following forts are in their territory :—Kaleh-i-Likak inhabited by
’All Naki Khan. Kaleh-i-MumbI inhabited by Hussain Khan. Kaleh-i-
Baba Khan.
The genealogy of the late ’All Naki Khan Bahmal, is as follows :—’Ali
Naki Khan, son of Muhammad Husain Khan, son of Khalil Khan, son
of Mulla '’Ali Shir, son of Mulla Abdul Khalil, and then 2 or 3 more genera
tions to Agha ’Ali, Behdarvand, Bakhtiari.
’All Naki Khan had 8 brothers, viz. :—
1. Husain Khan.
2. Muhammad Shaf! Khan.
3. Husain Quli Khan.
4. Muhammad Taki Khan Sarhang.
5. Muhammad ’Ali Khan.
6. Jalil Khan.
7. ’Ali Muhammad Khan.
8. Kubab Khan.
The first two of whom assisted him in the administration of the tribe, and
Husain Khan, who is a man of strong character and feared by the tribe,