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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