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They are divided into main sections, (a) the Vaisi, and (b)
the Allah MirzaT, the sub-divisions and habitat of which are
given in Appendix B.
is now insignificant and consists of not more than 2,300 tents.
It lives in the Gerash district and is sedentary.
tion of Arab tribes, who, having no Kalantars of their own, were
originally contracted to one Haji Jaffar Beg by the Qawam-ul-
Mulk, who headed the Khamseh between 1820 and 1855. They
originally numbered some 10—15 tribes, large and small, living
in various parts of the Khamseh country. They have rapidly
declined, and there are now only a few families left. There are
a few in the buluk of Sarvistan who are known as Zoghalt, their
means of livelihood being principally the burning and transport
of zoghdl or charcoal. There is another small isolated group of
families in and around Qasr Dasht and another living in Sal
(Shiraz). These are engaged in cultivation. In some of the
larger Khamseh tribes a few families may st'll be found, and the
Qarai, Ardbiz, TattI and Tarbor are also said to have belonged
to the Moqata’jat.
Qdshqdi. —There is a tradition that, when the Turkoman tribes
during the Mongol invasions reached the province of Persian
’Iraq, a band of them fied and settled in Pars, and that the
Turkomans called this band Qdshqdi, i e„ ‘ those who ran away ’
(from [qdchmak = to flee). Changes in pronunciation after-
wards converted this appellation into Qdshqdi. The langu
age of the Qashqai has remained Turk! t« this day and the
inhabitants of Pars usually speak of them as “ Turk.”
In course of time the original band became divided into two
parts because a large section retained the nomadic habit of
migration in spring and autumn. The one part kept the Tur
koman appellation of Khalarh, the other was called CKUhnaT
Nafar
(e) The Nafar. —The Nafar are of Turkish origin. The tribe
Moqata’jat.
The Moqdta'jdt. —(Arabic moqdta'a, a contract) are a collec-
W within . few mite „f Behbehnn and