Friday, September 22, 2017

The Gunduzlu Afshars of Khuzestan (General Staff, 1924)

Gunduz-lu



A branch of the Turkish tribe of Afshar to whom a large part of ‘Arabistan once belonged. The Gunduz-Lu was the only division of the Afshar tribe who returned to their own country, after being transported thence to the north of Persia. Many Arab families have joined them. They have among them a considerable number of expert horsemen, and in the time of Muhammad Taqi were very useful in encounters with the Arabs. Until recently they spoke a Turkey dialect. They inhabit Bulaiti on the river Gargar.― (Layard―Bell―Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)



Gazetteer of Persia. Volume III, Part I: A to K, Simla: Government of India Press, 1924, pp. 380―381.

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