Social and Economic Organisation of the Rowanduz Kurds

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Social and Economic Organisation of the Rowanduz Kurds E. R. Leach Percy Lund The aim of this series of Monographs is to publish results of modern anthropological fieldwork in a form which will be of primary interest to specialists. Any profits from the series will be returned to a rotating fund to assist further publications. The series is under the direction of an Editorial Board associated with the Department of Anthropology of the London School of Economics, and under the chairmanship of Professor Bronislaw Malinowski.


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Contents Chapter 1. Definition of the Problem / 1 Introduction - Note on Kurdish names - The Field of Investigation - Method of Analysis - The External Administration Chapter 2. Social Organisation. Page / 13 Political Structure - Definition of Units - Inheritance of Land Tenure - The Clan Agha - The Tribal Agha - Kinship Structure - Marriage of Commoners - Marriage of Aghas - Comparison with observations made "by Hay - Points of Analysis calling for further study - Areas other than the Balik - The Nomads. Chapter 3. Economic Organisation / 28 The Guest House - The Expenditure of the Agha - Economic Balance of the Village Community - Effects of an increase in Tobacco Cultivation - Economic Relations within the Village - Crafts - Traders - Tobacco Marketing - Marriage - Death - The Mulla. Chapter 4. Social and Economic Aspects of Kurdish Techniques / 47 The Relevance of Technology in a Social Study - Land Scarcity, House Construction and Kinship - Ploughing - Threshing - Land Utilisation - Rice - The Mill - Weaving. Chapter 5. Factors of Minor Economic Significance / 55 1) Warfare 2) Religion Warfare - The Feud - Religious Organisation - The Mulla - The Mosque. Chapter 6. Conclusion / 61 Limitations of Foregoing Material - Positive Contribution. Appendix. Table of Kinship Terms / 63 Technical Diagrams. A. Kurdish Loom / 65 B. Kurdish Mill. / 69 Maps. 1. Erbil Liwa / 71 2. Rowanduz district / 72 3. Walash Village / 73 Photographs / 74