Amoad 400 ... 400 2,000 Alḳoš Dunadi ... 15 800 4,800 Duhok Havveri 100 ... 100 500 Zaḫo Shekan ... 16 1,200 7,200 Alḳoš Rashukan 150 ... 150 750 Jezireh Samukie ... 6 500 2,500 Midyat Sohranie ... 15 300 1,500 ——- —- ————- —————— Grand total 650 86 8,020 42,000 THE TRIBES OF MIDYAT REGION, USUALLY CALLED JABAL TOR AL-‘ABEDIN (MOUNTAIN OF THE WORSHIPERS) This region lies one day’s journey east of Mardin. There are three tribes here. 1 The tribe of Šemmike. This tribe inhabits six villages and can produce, when needed, 500 guns. 2 The tribe called Soḥrani. There are fifteen small villages to this tribe with 300 guns. These all have houses built of stone, and till the ground. 3 The tribe called Mamila. This tribe has seven villages: Mazazah, Bajinne, Kochano, Keunos, Taka, Harobia, and Namirdani. Mr. Andrus writes me that he has learned of this tribe from ḳas Samuel, a Jacobite Syrian priest of Mazazeh near Midyat. The tribe of Bešreyeh, northwest of Jabal Al-Tor. There was only one tribe in this district; it was called Ḫaltah. This tribe had five villages: Reḍwan, Dooshah, Selaḫar, Bimbarik, and Ṣoolân. On account of the oppression of the government on the one hand, and of the Kurdish tribes around them on the other, this tribe has moved to the Sinjar Mountains. The tribes around Weran Šahr or Goran Šahr, “the destroyed or the sunken city,” because it was destroyed by earthquake or in war. This district lies southwest of Mardin. 1 The Denodi tribe. This is probably an offshoot of the Dahoke tribe of the same name. It occupies three villages, and has Ḥasan ḳanjo for the chief. He is now the right arm of Ibrahim Paša of the Ḥamideyeh army. The three villages are Salmi, Payamlo and Desi. 2 The tribe called Šerḳiân. This tribe has seven subdivisions: a. Turnah lives in one village called Laulanji. b. ḳupan occupies four villages: (1) Aḫmazut. (2) Nuḳti. (3) Al-Ašeḫan. (4) Ṣhda Auṣman. c. Beleki has six villages: (1) Sahda Nasu. (2) Mouzan Šeiḫ Bersef. (3) Mouzan Auṣo. (4) Menkšuri Minet. (5) Al-ḳaureyee. (6) Menmenik. d. Adi has three villages: (1) Tal Ṭarik. (2) Karmi Apo ‘Alo Rešo. (3) Karmi Sim, u, Kor Kahiah. Sim means hoof; u, and; kor, blind; kahiah, head man. e. Mardanah occupies two villages: (1) Hajj Zain. (2) ḳara ḳuzeye. f. Malla ḳachar has one village: Malla ḳachar means the Malla flees. g. Maskan occupies two villages: Birj Baluji. h. Suḥan has one village, Kafar Bali. CHAPTER VII PERSECUTION