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'Military report on Iraq. Area 9 (Central Kurdistan)' [160r] (324/394)
The record is made up of 1 Volume (193 folios). It was created in 1929. 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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297
SLOOPI
5
6
7
Armed Men.
Rifles.
Notes.
Horse.
Foot.
Total.
Modern.
Old but
Service
able.
—
1,140
460
530
150
1,140
460
530
150
300
100
200
—
Sedentary, pastoral and agricultural.
Religion. —Sunni.
Internal Cohesion. —There are two lead
ing families in the tribe : the Muham
mad Ammo, who are chiefs of the
Bazamir section, and the Mala Sadik
family of the Bersiva section.
Muhammad Agha s/o Muhammad
Ammo is a prisoner in Sivas. The
former chief, Azair Agha, and Rashid
Agha, were both executed by the
Turks in Diarbekr in 1926 during
the Kurdish rebellion.
Cohesion was formerly good, but the
Bersiva section is now unfriendly with
the Bazamir and the Muhammad
Ammo family owing to their having
favoured the Turks. Haji Hashim is
now the most influential man. He is
also pro-Turk.
External Relations. —A tribe of the Haji
Baira confederation, of which the
Shernakh are the leaders. Friendly
with the Huwairiyeh, to whom they
give their sheep for summer pasturing.
Before the war, fought with Slivani,
but now friendly and allied by
marriage ties. On different terms
with the Artushi on account of
quarrels between the latter and the
Huwairiyeh.
Political Attitude. —Did not take active
part in the 1926 rebellion against the
Turks. Did not resist disarmament.
Their chiefs were seized and later
executed, which cowed the tribe and
rendered them powerless. The Sloopi
are a turbulent people, who dislike
any form of Government and resist
interference in their affairs—their
conception of Kurdish independence.
Fighting Ability. —Good.
Punitive Measures. —Can be undertaken
from Zakho. Many of their villages
are in open country. The smaller ones
lie in the hills.
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This volume compiled and published by the Air Ministry in London in August of 1929 is one of a set of ten volumes produced for British military forces in Iraq. Area 9 covers the region of central Kurdistan and is divided into chapters on history, population, political geography, physical geography, climate, communications, resources, tribes, aviation, and personalities. The volume also contains numerous maps of important Kurdish cities and towns, as well as two maps of Area 9. The content of the chapters is dominated by information meant to be useful to military units and therefore contains detailed statistics on the military preparedness of both native populations and Turkish forces in the region.
- Extent and format
- 1 Volume (193 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents on folios 5-8, and an index and various appendices on folios 186-191.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 195; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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