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Qaahqfu Tribal
Sections.
Darashilri.
divides, the Darashuri, Kaehkuli and Farsi in ad an going off to-
wards Shahpur or Dasht-i-Arjan, while the Shishbuluki and many
smaJler tribes, the llkhani and his adherents strike south via
Jirreh, Farashband, Khwajai and Firuzabad.
The route of migration may slightly change from year to
year if the supply question necessitates it. The general route
however rarely changes. As far as possible the tribes avoid
the main roads and villages, and camp in such places as pro
vide good grazing for their numerous flocks.
The date of commencement of the northward migration dep-
ends upon the crops which have been sown in the Garms'.r and
which must be harvested before the whole of the tribe can leave
for the Sarhad. Thus, though the first tents are struck shortly
after Nmiroz, it may be anything from 10 to 40 days after this
date when the last tribesman moves.
Details of the migration of each tribe are given in the details
of the various sub-tribes.
Tribal Sections. —It is a well-known tradition that the Qash-
qai were from the beginning 44 clans, or tirehs. Some of these
have disappeared and others have dwindled to a few tents.
Some bodies of the Qashqai have gone over to Bakhtiari country,
or in a less degree to the Khamseh tribes in times of stress,
while some of the smaller branches have become merged in the
larger. On the other hand many branches are to day 7 composed
of elements in which little of the original Qashqai stock can be
traced. A list of the tribal sections is given in Appendix D.
(a) The Darashurls, came originally from Turkistan and
settled in the bul>~'k of Garmabad in the ‘ Darashur ’ valley.
In point of view of strength and tribal wealth the Darashurls
are the first of the Qashqai tribes. They number 3,500—4,000
families. The present chief is Aiyaz Kihka. Their Garmsir is east
and south-east of Behbehan and their Sarhad in Vardasht and
Garmabad (near Simarum). Their migration is via Sar Abnaniz,
Marg, Shahpur, the Kazarun district, thence vid the Shahi road
to Khani-Zinian, to Kiidian, Haftbarm, Tang-i-Kullar, Baiza,
Kam Firuz, Dizkurd, Khusru Shirin, Hanna, Garmabad and
Vardasht. They should arrive in the Sarhad about May 16th,
but the last of the tribe does not leave the Garmsir until the
shxitvi crops have been harvested, i.e., about 30 days after the
Nauroz (March 21st). These crops are spwn on arrival in. the
Garmsir at the beginning of the winter.
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