Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia - Alexander Chodzko

Excerpt from Specimens of the Popular Poetry of Persia: As Found in the Adventures and Improvisations of Kurroglou, the Bandit-Minstrel of Northern Persia; The Songs of the People Inhabiting the Shores of the Caspian Sea
Iliat, the Persian plural of the'turkish word il, tribe, family. This general name designates the wandering nations of Persia, and particularly the tribes of Tatar descent, which were.
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