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Under tlie authority o£ the Keriod Governor is the Lur tribe of
Jalalavands, numbering 500 houses, and inhabiting the Huleilan district.
The Kerindi supply an infantry regiment composed of 8 companies/
nominally 100 strong, and a band. This is the composition of the regi
ment—
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From.
Number of Companies.
Kerind ...
t • •
• •9
...
4 • ft
ft ft ft
2
Bivanij ,,,
1 ••
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9 • •
2
The Jelalavanda
• f 4
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ft * ft
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2
The Kashid Alia
• it
4 4 4
• It
• ft •
2
Bijab »„
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e 4 ft
« 1 4
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• ••
Military band.
The Savtip of the regiment is Ali Murad Khan, Ehtesham-ul-Mamalek,
formerly Governor of Kerind.
The Kerindi, who are supposed to be a branch of the Gurans, are said to
have bought Kerind from the Guran chief: of Kalleh Zanjir, some 110 years
ago.
Of the recent history of the chiefs of Kerind, this is what was related
by Mr. T. C. Plowden in 1881 :
“Some 50 years ago, Hyat Kuli Khan, son of Malek Niaz Khan, was
chief of Kerind, and Haji Khan, a Turkoman of Khoi in Azarbaijan, was
Governor of Kermanshah. One winter, Haji Khan visited Kerind and
sorely oppressed the people, not only by his pecuniary exactions but espe
cially by forcing them to yield their wives and daughters to his desires.
In vain the Seyyeds of the town laid the Koran before him, and entreated
his forebearance. Haji Khan would not listen to them. At length the
people could stand it no longer, and rising against him, attacked the house
iu which he was living. Haji Khan barricaded all the doors, and for a
time he kept his assailants at bay. The latter, however, were thoroughly
roused, and climbing on the terrace, broke through the roof and effected
an entrance. They made short work of Haji Khan, A massacre of his
attendants followed; every man of them who pronounced the word Gosht
with a Turkoman accent was cut down. After this event Hyat Kuli Khan
ruled Kerind, more or less continually, until his death.
“ He left four sons, Malek Niaz Khan, Abbas Kuli Khan, Ali Murad
Khan and Karim Khan. Malek Niaz Khan, the eldest, succeeded his
father, and lost his life about 15 years ago in an expedition against
the Ahmadavands (Hamavands). His horse ran away and carried him
to the enemy's tents, where he was shot. His second brother, Abbas Kuli
Khan, succeeded to the Chiefship, and died suddenly about 5 years ago in
Kermanshah. The Chiefship then devolved upon Ali Murad Khan, who
now holds it, and whose acquaintance I made at Pa-i-Tak. He is a good
looking man of about 45 years, with as fair a skin as any Englishman *, his