1836.] 



Tartar j/ and Afghanistan. 



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Names. No. of Place of Remarks. 

 families. residence. 



liOOR OR ANCIENT PERSIAN TRIBES. 



Bukhlearee... 40,000. . Bukhlearee. .This province, included in Irak, 



extends from Ispahan to the 

 frontier of Arabia and Bagdad. 

 The whole country is a difficult 

 mass of mountains, where the 

 king of Persia's authority is 

 little known. This tribe ought 

 to furnish 12,000 men, for- 

 merly the most celebrated in- 

 fantry in the army. They, with 

 the other Persian tribes, speak 

 a distinct language, with a 

 great number of Persian words 

 in it. The people have no towns 

 and few permanent villages. 

 Three battalions of this tribe 

 were placed under an English 

 officer, who was much pleased 

 with them j he had no difficulty 

 in keeping them in order. 



Lacks 20,000 Pars. . . . , .Resemble the Bukhlearees ; some 



good horse from this tribe. 



Mohamed 



Senni 10,000 Pars, Country between Babahan and 



Sheraz very strong, and peopled 

 by notorious thieves. Same lan- 

 guage as the Loors and Bukhle- 

 arees. These tribes inhabit the 

 belt of mountains extending 

 along'the western side of Persia, 

 fromKermanshaw to Kerman, a 

 distance of 400 miles in length, 

 by 60 in breadth, containing 

 several fine valleys and a few 

 towns. I crossed the mountains 

 in three different directions. 



