Mr. Andrus writes me that he has learned of this tribe from ḳas Samuel, a Jacobite Syrian priest of Mazazeh near Midyat.
The tribe of Bešreyeh, northwest of Jabal Al-Tor.
There was only one tribe in this district; it was called Ḫaltah. This tribe had five villages:
Reḍwan, Dooshah, Selaḫar, Bimbarik, and Ṣoolân.
On account of the oppression of the government on the one hand, and of the Kurdish tribes around them on the other, this tribe has moved to the Sinjar Mountains.
The tribes around Weran Šahr or Goran Šahr, “the destroyed or the sunken city,” because it was destroyed by earthquake or in war. This district lies southwest of Mardin.
1 The Denodi tribe. This is probably an offshoot of the Dahoke tribe of the same name. It occupies three villages, and has Ḥasan ḳanjo for the chief. He is now the right arm of Ibrahim Paša of the Ḥamideyeh army. The three villages are Salmi, Payamlo and Desi.
2 The tribe called Šerḳiân. This tribe has seven subdivisions:
a. Turnah lives in one village called Laulanji.
b. ḳupan occupies four villages: (1) Aḫmazut. (2) Nuḳti. (3) Al-Ašeḫan. (4) Ṣhda Auṣman.