NOTES ON CHAPTER V
[162] In his letter to me, of date August 6, 1907, the Rev. A. N. Andrus, of Mardin, expresses the opinion that “many of the Yezidis around Sinjar might have come from Indian stock” on the ground that “they are darker and more lithe than the Kurds around them.”
[163] P. Anastase: Al-Mašrik, vol. II, p. 831.
[164] Cf. Al-Mašrik, vol. II, p. 734.
[CHAPTER VI]
List of the Yezidi Tribes
(The materials were collected for me by A. N. Andrus, of Mardin)
The Tribes Across the River From Mosul
1 The tribe named Šeiḫan lives in the mountains of Al-ḳôš, and has sixteen villages. They are all under the orders of Šeiḫ ‘Ali Beg Paša, the Amir, or chief of the Yezidis. This tribe can furnish 1,600 guns for war. Said ‘Ali Paša has received from the Turkish government the order of Amir ul-Umara “the Amir of Amirs.” He has a brother who has received the order of Miry Miran, “the Amirs of Amirs.” He has a second brother who has received the order of Romeli Beglar Begi, “the Beg of Begs.” These three are all sons of the former Amir Husein Beg.