Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . he latter people theLures have manythings in common, notthe least of which isthe thieving disposi-tion for which theKurds are proverbialamong all peoples. Itis noticeable thatamong the Lures manyancient customs of theIranians are preserved,and this in despite oftheir conversion to Mo-hammedanism. Onetribe, called the Gu-ranes, are associatedwith the Dushik Kurdsas a sort of peas-ant caste distributedamong them. On thewestern coa
Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . he latter people theLures have manythings in common, notthe least of which isthe thieving disposi-tion for which theKurds are proverbialamong all peoples. Itis noticeable thatamong the Lures manyancient customs of theIranians are preserved,and this in despite oftheir conversion to Mo-hammedanism. Onetribe, called the Gu-ranes, are associatedwith the Dushik Kurdsas a sort of peas-ant caste distributedamong them. On thewestern coast of theCaspian sea anothergroup of the same peo-ple, called the Tats, arefound. Indeed, theLures are scatteredthrough the whole ofNorthwestern Persia,as that empire is nowconstituted, and farout into Kurdistan, tolake Van and the up-per valley of the Tigris. One might well suppose, glancing at the fruitful and luxurious valleys of Luristan, that any people long dwelling there would abandon the nomadic life 40 and settle into fixed pursuits; but suchis not the case. Wandering tribes stillpossess the country, dwelling in tents,owing allegiance only to their own. TOMB ON THE BORDER OF Taylor, after a photograph by Madame Dieulafoy. chiefs, and engaged in almost constantwarfare. Of these, the most conspicu-ous example is the ferocious Bakhti-yari, whose name is proverbial in West-ern Asia. The only town of any im- 618 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. portance within the limits of Luristan isKhorramabad, which is said to containthousand huts. Tlieis rudely fortified,palaceof the chieftain of the Lures. The next oreat division of the Iranic Prevalence of the wandering place life inLuristan. -, , i and possesses the sivan, or Persians. They are the mostwidely distributed of any of the existingIranic families. They are even dis-persed into districts far beyond the lim-its of their own countries. Their lan-guage is Persic, and is the best repre-sentative, or rather lineal descendant,
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