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houses in each village, and in others are estimates based on the
relative area and populousness of each district. In making such :
estimates five souls have been reckoned per house, a figure which
has been found in practice to be fairly reliable Mhen°applied to
villages. Xomad-tribes have likewise been reckoned at five
per tent.
The total of the nomadic and semi-nomsdic tribos works
out as follows r—
Qashqal
Families.
.. 33,(H5 j|R
Khamseh
.. 17,330
Boir Ahmadi ..
6,100
Mamassani
2,700
Dushmanziarl
2,000
Lashani
... 1,500
Mishmast
300
Sundry minor tribes
.. 12,030
Total
.. 75,005 families or
say, 3,75,025
souls.
The above figures and all estimates of tribal strengths a v e
dated before the influenza epidemic of October-Noverr.ber, 1918,
when the tribal losses were very heavy. It would be no ex-
aggeration to say that the nomad tribes of Ears lost 2D per cent,
of their total numbers during the epidemic.
The sedentary population numbers about 500,000.
The most densely populated districts are:—
(1) The coastal strip from Dilam to the mouth of the Mand
river, commercially and to a large extent adminis
tratively dependent on Bushire, with a population
of over 100,000.
(2) The country north, north-east, oast and south-east of
Shiraz within a radius of 60 miles of that city, with
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