'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎179v] (363/610)

sections, (a) the Afshar of Sa’in Kal’ah of Azarbaijan, ( 6 ) Afshar
(Duvairan) of Kbamseh, (c) Afshar between Khamseh and Saveh,
in Kharagan, the Afshar (Duvairan) branch being the weakest
of the three. They are said originally to have numbered 5,000
families, used to migrate to yailaq ” above Sultanieh and
further North-East in the hills of Tamm, West of the Kizil
Uzun, but these “ yailaq ” have been appropriated as private
property and the tribe are now sedentary and agricultural.
They also own some camels, but fewer than formerly as the
result of war and famine. The tribe form part of the tenantry of
Amir Afshar, and the Amir has made their name familiar, and
not the tribe the name of the Amir . They have no other leaders.
Tribes of Kazvln.
These tribes are grouped together under a head nominated
by the Persian Government called “ Chief of the tribes of
Kazvln.” In 1909 the post fell vacant and was conferred on the
Chief of Gendarmerie of Kazvln, who regarded it as a sinecure.
The combination is made up of seven tribes, viz.: — Chigini,
Ghlasvand, Kakavand, Jalilavand, Bahtui, Rashvand and Ma-
afl. Except the 6th and 7th, their “ qishlaq ” are situated
in Tarum, i.e., the Shahrud and Kizil Uzun valleys, and their
“ yailaq ” on the hills South-West of these valleys, i.e v roughly
between the Kazvin-Manjil and Kazvin-Siyahdahan-Sultanlch
roads.
They used formerly to furnish 697 ‘ sowars,’ but these con
tingents have lapsed for many years and in 1919, when the
Gendarmerie attempted to raise 100 sowars, horses to mount
them were not forthcoming. They are still mostly nomads
and retain their tribal primitiveness, but have lost their tribal
spirit and have all decreased in numbers. The chiefs of several
of them live in Kazvin for the greater part of the year. Infor
mation about these unimportant tribes is extremely vague and
conflicting and difficult to corroborate.
10. Chigin! (Luri).
No. of sections. — 6 .
Chiefs .—Muhammad Taqi Khan Sartip, usually lives in
Kazvin, also Azizullah Khan, Rahman Khan and Haidar Quli
Khan.
Habitat .—The tribe is nomadic between ‘ Qishlaq,’ Shahrud
valley, and ‘ Yailaq,’ hills South-West of it, between Kazvln-
Manjxl and Siyahdahan-Sultanleh roads.