Index of tribes in the 19th century
Tribes Index
How does it work ?
This is a name index to a number of 19th century sources about Kurdish, Arabic and Turkmen tribes in the Eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
For an explanation on the sources click on the source name, clicking on the page number, brings you to the relevant page of the source, where the tribe is mentioned.
No attempt has been made to change or standardize the spelling of the tribe names. The original names of the districts mentioned in the sources are also retained.
For more information see here
Sources currently included:
Lamb 1901; Maunsell 1899; Maunsell 1904; Sykes 1908 (not reproduced here because of copyright restrictions)
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Rafazli (Western Malatya District) Maunsell 1904: 2
Raman (subdivision of Dekshuri, Torabdin District)
Raman (Sairt District) Maunsell 1904: 14
Rashkotanli, Reshkotan, Reshkotanli
- Maunsell 1904: 8 (Diarbekr District, Rashkotanli)
- Maunsell 1899 (Kharzan District, Reshkotan)
- Sykes 1908: 464 (B7) (no loc specified, Diyarbekir) Reshkotanli
Rejeban (Diarbekr District) Maunsell 1904: 8
Reshid (subdivision of Tai Arabs, Torabdin District)
Res Ushaghi (Dersim Kurds) Maunsell 1904: 17
Rezzan (subdivision of Karagechi, Mardin District)
Ruhtan (subdivision of Mazidagh Kurds, Diarbekr District)
Rumanli (Western Malatya District) Maunsell 1904: 4
Rushvan (Western Malatya District) Maunsell 1904: 5
Rutchaba (Motki, Bitlis) Sykes 1908: 466 (B, 20D)
Rutekan (subdivision of Karagechi, Mardin District)
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