The Igdir tribe of Qashqais (Captain A. J. Christian, 1919)

The Igder

Origin. — Emigrated from Turkestan to Fars.

Strength. — About 400 families who can raise possibly 400 tufangchis.

Chief. — Wali Khan.

Habitat. — Garmsir. — Husainabad and Kuhnj.

Sarhad. — Garmabad and Vardasht.

Migration. — Khunj—Qir-o-Karzin—Simakan—Maimand—Kavar—Karabagh—Kushan—Baiza Sarhad Chehar Dungeh—Khosrow Sihrin—Sehdeh—Hannab—Simarum—Garmabad. This is the longest migration of any of the Qashgai tribes.

Taxation. — 2,500 tomans.

Sub-tribes. — The sub-tribes of the Igder are: —

1.       The Shakarlu

2.       The Jarkani.

3.       The Eraqi.

4.       The Qarakahnlu.

Captain A. J. Christian, A Report on the Tribes of Fars. — Simla, 1919, pp. 50—51.