Coll 28/44A ‘Persia; Internal; Fars Affairs; Lt G. F. Magee’s report entitled “The Tribes of Fars”’ [‎132r] (263/478)

^hanks to successful settlement the kle.int cl Korrlshall are
wealthy. They make their profits principally from the sale of v/hc-t
and opium and the marketing of their sheep in Aba del, and Yczd (they in
unique ariong the tribes of *''ars in their use cf the latter market).
x ne *czd bazaar fetches higher prices than these of Shiraz. It is
believed that the Kordshuli indul e in the profitable practice o:^
smuggling their v/heat to ezd, deficit area, v/hcre it sells at 60
rials a mnund which is tlirec times the Shir tz black market price.
x 'he khans exact the usual ’’taxes w from their people; these
/ ^oproxim-‘te one fifth of all crops and herds. It sec.es :hat the khans
do not t" . re their people extort!onatcly and conditions are roughly
the level of the lashqai which is in turn superior to thus of Khansch.
(i) o umrr .er Quarters
korth and ^cst
East
Eouth _
(ii.) W inter Quarters
iX 'orth nd east ;
West and south i
^hoshboluki bashqai.
Baser! Ilhams oh
bottled villagers of the lamj ere. district.
Bas eri Ahamsch
Amaleh qashqai
^s ihenticned under xiIoTOHY Kordshuli rcla.tions v/ith neighbouring
tribes arc exceptionally good. I’hey sp re no off or c, to maintain good
relations with both qashq.ai and Ahamsch neighbours. As a result name
of their tribe is rarely heard in connexion with re foari s or inter
tribal scrapping and disputes are amicably settled by ^tta, Khan.
/would _
/side/ can be taio.n for granted that between w ashqai and ^hansel in
a dispute the ^rdshulj/with the p rty that stood- the best chance of
gaining itjs point. They recognise Aashqai as the most pev/erful tribe
in A .rs ,ncl arc prop;m*ec. to be coveted with the b.ashqai but they take
every precaution to keep on the best terms'with Ahanseh. It says much
for the success of their pacific policy that both Baseri and Sheshb Auki
move serosa their lands in the north and —male, in the ’south without
•any up-par ent friction.
The average Aordshuli tribesman is thick-set and of mevium
height with a very d rk complex! m and hair. They wear for the rest
-^|rt a fixture cf tribal and European clothes. Their way of life ro-
' oemol .s that of aashqai rather thru: Arams eh.
BTbEHGTH
Estimated total cf the Ivrdshuli tribe is 400 families cf whom
200 are totally settled and the rest migrate with their fl- cks annually.
The Aordshuli nc 3ses3 no mere than ?0 rifles; these ar : use-'"
for maintaining security in the settled areas.
„ ij... x ■' -g udix i. iBud
Aardshuli is divided into the four sub-tribes ;-ivrri belr-/.
They possess no chiefs bib arc governed direrbly by Attn Ahan in the
summer quarters and by hirs son while tn the raigr tion.
... 1 . A-a la,
30 families