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'Additions to Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes II to IV.' [64v] (128/370)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 1896. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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48
JELALIS. Vol. II, page 206.
When Tahmorus Khan ruled over Gurjistan, seven clans of Kurds
inhabited the country about Erivan and Nakjivan, numbering in all 10 00 U
tents, and called by the name of Jelali. When Shah Abbas took Gunistan
he settled the Jelalis at certain places on the frontier. The chief of all the
clans was a certain
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Khan Sayad. One of the clans, the Misri Kanin
was established at or near Erivan, from whom is descended the present chief
of Maku, Timur
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Khan. 178 years ago, in the time of Nadir Shah,
Mustafa Sultan was Governor of Maku; he rebelled and was killed, ami
Ahmad Shah, chief of the Misri Kanlu, was appointed in his place. From
him dates the history of the family which has continued to give chiefs to
Maku to the present day. The Maku Jelalis number some ^(Uents divided
into seven clans. The chief is Timur
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Khan, the Eil IWis are Abdul
Agha Khan and Sultan Agha Khan. The following gives the tribe in
detail:—
Clans.
Families or tents.
1. Kliana Kanlu
300
2. Birka Kanlu
150
3. IMisri Kanlu
1()0
4. Khundi Kanlu
20
5. Gini Kanlu
20
6. Kizil Bash Ougli ...
250
7. Sakhanlu
80
Total
920
SUIJi ner ana wmter quarters, migrating
from one neighbourhood to another as the seasons advance and the conditions
of grazing change The winter quarters of the tribe extend from Jarmi
(Jamn ?) Gam, a vdJage under Mount Agra Dagh (Ararat) and close to the
luikish frontier to Kizilwang, a village on the Aras, a few miles east of
Abbasabad. Between these areas they graze their sheep and cattle and live as
a rule, in underground excavations lightly covered over with brushwood and
earth, sometimes occupying natural caverns, many of which exist in the volcanic
region round about Mount Ararat. The summer grazing lands extend all over
the high plateaux of Awajik and westward to Abagaia in Turkey Durino- the
summer they live entirely in their nomad tents. As a people, the Persian
Jelalis form a small section of the large tribe of that name found in the
Bayazid and Abagaia districts of Turkey with whom they join hands in the
summer They owe allegiance to Persia and come directly under the juris
diction of the chief of Maku. Like the rest of the Kurds of the north
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This file consists of additions and corrections to the Gazetteer of Persia. Additions and corrections are organised in alphabetical order. Each addition or correction is accompanied by the source of the information.
The corrections are accompanied by a memorandum from the Quarter Master General in India, Intelligence Branch, to the Honourable George Curzon, MP, Carlton Club, London. The subject of the memorandum is given as 'Additions to Gazetteer of Persia, Volumes II to IV.' A note states that they are 'Forwarded for information in continuation of this office No. 3146.I. dated 24th October 1896 by F. G. Cardew, Captain, for Quarter Master General, India.'
Also included (folio 41) are tables of routes within Persia with hours riding time by horse and costs of carriage. In addition there are a number of tables of data. For example, weather observations (ff 53-63), bazar prices (f 109), imports and exports (ff 119-120). Mostly the additions contain supplementary information on the settlements.
Individuals submitting additions include Butcher and Stotherd, Picot and Preece.
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The papers in the file are arranged in order of the various submitted contributions and in approximate chronological order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 185, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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