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Notes on Persia, 



[July 



Names. No. of Place of Remarks. 

 families, residence. 



Tribes of Turkish origin. 



Syria, and were placed by Shall 

 Ismail on the most exposed 

 frontiers, Erivan, Ganga and 

 Derbund, to the west, and As- 

 trabad to the east. The west- 

 ern division could not keep their 

 ground, and all but a few joined 

 the eastern branch, still retain- 

 ing the names of the places 

 they formerly inhabited. They 

 have another division of the 

 upper aud lower tribe ; the 

 clans are Kavullu, Devellu, 

 Kiaklu, Dabenlu, Soutchanloo, 

 Kirlu, Ezindinloo. They ac- 

 companied Gengis Khan's army 

 into Asia minor. 



Kurdish Tribes. 



Rechewend... 2000.. Zenjan..... . . .District of Tarim on the Kizil 



Ouzan. 



Eubarlu 800.. Ditto Ditto. 



Jehan Beglu. 1,000. . Mozanderan 



Shekaki 12,000.. Azerdbijan . .This formidable tribe disputed 



the sovereignty of Persia with 

 the present King, and held the 

 greatest part of Azerdbijan, 

 during the Zend dynasty j they 

 possess the districts of Sir Al, 

 Khul Khal, Hushtarood and 

 Germarood. They are ill-af- 

 fected to Persia and joined the 

 Russians in the last war. 



Kotchanlu. a . 2,000.. Kermansha 



Zaferanloo. . 20,000. . Khorasm . . . .These extend, on the Tartar fron- 

 tier of Khorasm, 50 miles from 

 the Caspian to near Meshed j 

 they were removed by Sha 

 Ismail from Turkey, and are 

 now as dangerous as the Tar- 

 tars, whom they have ruined 



