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he has of recent years adopted a mote peaceful agricultural life.
The Mamassani country is on the whole prosperous and well-
governed.
The Mamassani rs sedentary witliin his own boundaries.
The Rustam and JavidI sections move a short distance to villages
which have the advantage of a slightly better climate during
the summer. There is however no organised tribal migration.
The religion is orthodox Shi’ah, and the tribe has a reputation
for bcsng meticulous in its religious observances.
The tribe numbers about 13,500 persons, of which the Rustam
contributes 6,000 souls, the Bakesh 4,000, and the JavidI 3,500.
The sub-sections of the tribe are given in Appendix E.
Lashdni .—The Lashanis were until 1874 a sub-tribe of the
Qashqai II. They are divided into two sections both sedentary,
the one living Khafrak and the other in Abadeh-i-Tashk.
They number about 1,500 families.
The Lashanis have for many years been renowned as the
most daring robber tribe in Ears, their expeditions taking them
as far as Khorasan. The tribe formerly lived almost solely on
the proceeds of robbery, which had become so fixed a habit with
the young men of the tribe that the chiefs had very little hold
over them. In the autumn of 1917 however a column of Indian
troops severely punished them, and destroyed all their forts.
Since this time robbery has practically ceased, and the tribe is
now settling down to an agricultural life.
During the summer months the tribesmen live in tente,
which are however pitched near the houses occupied by them in
the wipter.
The sub-tribes are as follows :—
Khafrakls :—Total farrulies 500.
Banusar. Bazwand.
Khalllwand. Tutaki.
Shah wand.
Abadeh-i-Tashkis Total families 1,000.
Iriwand.
Na j mu dd imva nd.
Abdullah wand.
Yazdanwand.
Bahmanwand.
Aul id Sheikh AH.
Auli&d Amir Agha
Eliaswand.
Khezerwaud.
Muradwand.
LushlBi.
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