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Arabs.
Ain&lQ.
With perhaLS the exception of the Ainalu and Baser!, the
main characteristic of the Khamsch tribesmen is a propensity
for robbery. Several small sub sections of tribes make their
living by agriculture or caravan work. With these exceptions
every Arab is at heart a robber and loses no opportunity of
indulging this propensity. So marked is their tendency in this
direction that their own chiefs are in many cj^es unable to
restrain them. No tribe in Persia bears the same unsavoury-
reputation for petty robbery as the Khamseh Arabs.
(а) The Arabs .—The Arabs came originally from Najd.
Oman, and Yemen in the seventh century, and with a few ex
ceptions retain their nomad habits. Those who came to Pars
and are now known as the Khamseh Arabs are of nomadic
habit, their summer quarters being near Bavanat, Qunquri,
Sarchahan. etc., and their winter quarters in the Bulak-eh-
Sabeh, i.e. • Fasa, Darab, Furg, Jahrum, Jiyum, and as far
south-east as Tang-i-TMlan. They ^re divided into the two
main branches, (a) the Jazbareh, and (6) the Shaibani, the former
having originally 28 sub-tribes, and the latter 23. The Jabbareh
Arabs are also known as the Arab KuchT. The former number
approximately 6,630 families and the latter 4,500. They
originally spoke pure Arabic, but this is now much corrupted,
and is a mixture of Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Lurl. The
one exception is theTurburCheharbuncheh, (BuzsurkhI, Jelodari
and Lur) who speak Persian.
An approximate list of the Arab tribes showing their summer
and winter habitat, and their routes of migration will be found in
Appendix A.
(б) The ’Ainalu .—The ’AinSlu came originally from Turkis-
tan and settled in Pars in the thirteenth century. Their strength
is variously estimated at from 800 to 2,000 families. One
thousand two hundred is an approximately correct estimate in
all probability. They were at one time migratory with their
yaildq, or summer quarters round Ramgird and Marvdasht.
They have now however become sedentary and live south
west of a line from Sarvistan, Fasa and Mahdevan, the majority
bemg south-east of Fasa. They speak Turk!. A small section
(the Bmdarhi) lives in the Diideh valley about 30 miles east
of bhirfiz They have settled down to a peaceful agricultural
ou®’- Tha Dudeh valle y > the ]. rincipal market garden of
bbiraz. °