Gunduzlu
1,500
families, occupying during the summer the banks of the Ab-i-Gargar and the
plain of Mosibena, and in the winter the village of Boleiti, Baitawand,
Turk-i-diz, Mosibena. They originally belonged to the Afshars, a Persian tribe
inhabiting the greater part of Khuzistan, and even that now occupied by the Kab
Arabs, the Bakhtiaris being at that time confined to the mountains. They have
amongst them a considerable number of expert horsemen, and were in the time of
Muhammad Taki very useful in reencounters with the Arabs, to whom they are
superior in gallantry.
Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the
Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars. Simla:
Government Central Branch Press, 1885, p. 102.
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