14. Further notes on Gypsies in Persia. 
By W. Ivanow.! 
Information regarding gypsies in Persia and their langu- 
age so far is still very deficient; therefore my few occasiona 
notes on these matters, made on the spot, may be of some use 
A notes consist of two vocabularies collected in Nishapur 
(1918) and ee (1919), and several remarks on gypsy 
life in these two districts as well as the district of Meshed 
which I Gad a P nae to explore thoroughly (1919-20).? It 
will suffice to give here a summary account only because the 
conditions of genes life are the same throughout North-Eastern 
Persia, and their language in the two eastern districts mentioned 
here is practically the same. In Meshed district nearly all 
representatives of this tribe I met with came from southern 
districts, such as Gunabad, Qain and Birjand.? In connection 
with these I already published some materials in my paper 
‘‘On the language of the Gypsies of Qainat ” (J.A.S.B., Vol. X, 
Nos. 10 and 11,1914, pp. 439-455). The grammatical outlines 
given there hold good, with small modifications, for the Nisha- 
pur and Sabzawar gypsy. Unfortunately this paper was pub- 
lished after I left India, and the war cut my communications 
with this country. Therefore it swarms with misprints and 
also requires some amendments, which I take the opportunity 
of offering here 
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Northern era as probably all over the siacsone 
In 
gypsies are taking a conspicuous part in the economics o 
village-life. The Forman peasant, who by no means can 
lam ae obliged to Col. G. Ranking, I.M.S., for his kind eel 
tions in my E eae as well as for several suggestions regarding t 
etymology of several gypsy words. 
2 My m at eriala gph dt to in Bukhara and Shiraz are not available 
to me at ho . 
Ta quite sure if there are any gypsy families whose migra- 
tions are "eoattiied to Meshed district only. It seems very unlikely as 
Sypsies are very scarce there. 
regret eh a w the amateurish ae displayed os Bas me in that paper 
ian: some 7. venti ago in the part deal with hints on the history of 
to the Province of Birjand quite recen 
