Marvi Tribe (of Khurasan)
The
Marvi do not belong to any particular tribe. They are so called because they
are natives old Marv. A large number of them are said to be in Bukharan
territory, and, again, a considerable number are in Herat, where they are
called Afshars. Numbers of families also exist in the Tehran, Shiraz, and
Astarabad districts. All Marvi in Persia were brought from Marv by Nadir Shah.
Those in Khurasan number about one thousand families, and are settled in the
Meshed and Jam districts. Their headman is Sharif Khan, son of Muhammad Tahir
Khan Marvi. He is said to be a descendant of Bairam ‘Ali Khan of Marv. The
other leading men are Raza Beg and Hasan Khan. The Marvi had a service of 200
sowars, but the number has been gradually reduced to 65. Of these, 20 are under
Sharif Khan, 20 under Raza Beg, 5 under Hasan Khan, and the remaining 20 under
Sultan Husain Mirza, son of Haji Muhammad Mirza, governor of Turbat-i-Haidari.
Who's who in Persia. Calcutta: General Staff, India,
1916-1923, p. 213.
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