- 61 - Appendix I The Origins of the Kurdish Zand Tribe of Lorestan[1] According to the Ottoman records of the Tabu book, Mohammad al-Houili bin al-Houili bin Mattar arrived in the village of Nahr Umair in al-Jaza’ir, in 1047 AH (1638 CE). In 1079 AH (1668 CE) the Ottoman Sultan put the Chief Sheikh, Qa’id Rahma alQasimi, in charge of the Basra Financial Department. When the Arab and Kurdish chief officers demanded their remunerations, they were told: ‘The Pasha is 1. Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Al-Qawl al-Ħāsim fī nasab wa Tārīkh al-Qaw āsim, Al-Qasimi Publications, Sharjah, UAE, 2021, Number: 33..
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