Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Qarapapaq tribe of Sulduz (Lt. F. R. Maunsell, 1890)

The Qarapapaq tribe of Sulduz




Karapapak. ― These were originally a Turkish tribe of nomads, who have settled now some 40 years in the villages of the Sulduz and Baranduz plain. They number some 3,000 families, and are Shiahs; consequently at constant feud with the Kurdish tribes on the frontier who are Sunnis.



Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia, and Luristan from April to October 1888. By Lt F R Maunsell, Intelligence Branch. In Two Volumes. Volume I: narrative report, description of larger towns and routes leading from them. Simla: Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Dept, 1890, p. 207.

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