The Avroman range and the hill country west of Kermanshah, with the pastures of Mahidasht and the valleys of Kerend and Harunabad (Eslamabad) through which the Khurasan road climbs from the caliph's pass at Hulwan to Kermanshah.
Its Kurdish tribes govern themselves. The road is the main highway between Baghdad and Iran, so these tribes can sell safe passage, hire out to the caliph or the Turkish emirs, or rob the caravans when no one is strong; the caliph's armies that marched up this road in 1194-1195 included Kurds (Wikipedia).
Who holds it
- Name
- not named for 1199-1200
- Title
- Tribal chiefs (amirs)
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
No chief named in the sources read.
Overlord
None effective; the caliph's officers hold the Hulwan pass below, the Jibal's masters the Kermanshah plain above
What it holds
- The Avroman range and its villages
- The pastures of Mahidasht
- The valleys of Kerend and Harunabad on the Khurasan road
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; the caliph's officers keep the pass at Hulwan and Taq-i Girra below (irq researcher's record), the Kermanshah plain above follows the Jibal.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Nothing dated to 1199-1200.
On the map: Rough; the Khurasan road through it was policed by whoever was strong.
Primary sources for Zagros Kurds
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Dictionary of Countries, Yaqut al-Hamawi (1224 to 1228, at Aleppo). An alphabetical gazetteer of every place Yaqut had read of or seen: he travelled as a bookseller's agent through Syria, Iraq, Persia, Khurasan and Khwarazm (about 1213 to 1220) and settled in Aleppo. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.