[99] Fraser, Travels in Koordistan, p. 86, 1835.
[100] Rich, Residence in Koordistan, vol. i., pp. 77 and 181, 1820.
[101] Binder, Au Kurdistan, pp. 109–10, 1887.
[102] From a little book on the Fundaments of Faith, Shiraz, 1902.
APPENDIX
KURDISH TRIBES
The following table includes the main tribes upon the Turkish and Persian frontier. Numbers 1 to 9 term themselves generally “Kurmanj,” “Kurdmang,” i.e., Kurds, while the rest use the designation “Kurd” to signify their race. Those using the first appellation are of the purest Kurd blood.
| No. | Name of Tribe. | Sub-tribes. | Situation of Country. |
| 1 | Haidaranlu | Zilanlu, Hasananlu, Adamanlu, Sipkanlu, Jibranlu, Zirkanlu, Shadi, Milan, Mamanlu. | The Armenian plateau, and up to the Persian frontier. |
| 2 | Shekak | Persian frontier near Salmas. | |
| 3 | Hakkari | Oramar, Shamisdinan, Jelu, Herki, Zebari, Ruzhaki (an ancient clan of which the princes of Bitlis were members), Shernakli, Khizan, Barzan, Girdi, Bahdinan (from which the powerful religious families and Shaikhs came), Missuri, Bohtan, Hasankaifan, Nauchai, Jelali, Rawan, and many other small sections. | Bitlis, the Great Zab valley, the Tiyari, Amadia, Jazira ibn Umar. |
| 4 | Mukri | Sauj Bulaq and the district around, up to the Turkish frontier. | |
| 5 | Pishdir | Nuraddini and others. | Upper Lesser Zab River valley. |
| 6 | Bilbas | The Kandil Dagh in Central Kurdistan. | |
| 7 | Rawanduz | Rawanduz. | |
| 8 | Shuan | South of the lower Lesser Zab, N.E. of Kirkuk. | |
| 9 | Baban | Sulaimania. | |
| 10 | Bana | Bana. | |
| 11 | Merivan | Merivan. | |
| 12 | Jaf | Pushtamala, Amala, Jaf-i-Sartik, Tilan, Mikaili, Akhasuri, Changani, Rughzadi, Tarkhani, Bashaki, Kilali, Shatiri, Haruni, Nurwali, Kukui, Zardawi, Yazdan Bakhshi, Shaikh Ismaili, Sadani, Badakhi, Musai Tailaku. | From Qizil Rubat along the west bank of the Sirwan River as far as Shahr-i-Zur, Panjwin. |
| 13 | Hamavand | Qaradagh, near Sulaimania. | |
| 14 | Sharafbaiani | Haorin, on the south of the Sirwan River, in Persian territory. | |
| 15 | Bajlan | Jumur, Shirawand, Hajilar Gharibawand, Dandawand, and Qazanlu. | Immediately south of the Sharafbaiani. |
| 16 | Aoram or Haoram | Haoram-i-Ali Shah, Haoram-i-Ja’far Sultan. | The Aoraman Mountain. |
| 17 | Salahi | Kifri, Salahi district. | |
| 18 | Guran | Gahwara, Baziani, Nerzhi, Qalkhani, Buyani, Kalleh Zanjiri, Qadir Mir Waisi, Taishai, and other small sections. | The western part of the province of Kermanshah. |
| 19 | Kalhur | Shuan, Kuchimi, Charzrbari, Alawand, Khaledi, Shiani, Sia-Sia, Kazem Khani, Khamman, Kalajubi, Harunabadi, Baidaghbagi, Kerkah, Mansuri, Vermizyari, and others. | The province of Kermanshah. |
| 20 | Sinjabi | Near the Turkish frontier, in the Kermanshah province. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The undermentioned are the principal works which have been used for purposes of reference and comparison:—
The Bible.