![]() Thus in the alphabetical list a tribe will be found, as for instance the Merzigi 76B, section A. ![]() After various abortive attempts at setting them down in a manner compre-hensible to any one but myself, I have decided for the purposes of this work to break up the regions inhabited by Kurds into six zones to each of these zones a section of the catalogue is devoted, each section containing a separate enumeration. ![]() In preparing the following list of the various tribes of the Kurdish race I have endeavoured to simplify the work of future students by marking down and cataloguing as many of the tribes as have come either directly or indirectly under my notice. I may add that I had among my servants on my last journey representatives from the three most important sections of the Kurds, so that I was able to obtain interpreters without any great difficulty, a matter of some importance amidst the conflicting dialects of the nomads and sedentary mountaineers. However, I trust that this will not detract from the interest of the work. ![]() As hardly anything has been written on the subject in the English language heretofore, I have not been able to make a study of the Kurds from a bibliographical point of view. The results I fear are extreinely meagre, but I hope they may prove of use to future travellers. ![]() THE materials collected in the ensuing pages are the results of about 7,500 miles of riding and innumerable conversations with policemen, nluleteers, mullahs, chieftains, sheep drovers, horse dealers, carriers and other people capable of giving one first hand information. ![]()
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