A short question-and-answer conversation with Hassan about the villages of the Sivan tribe, Kasan/Kassau/Kaschan, gardens, highland life, and feuds he had witnessed.
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Hassan; Avdula Beg; Mistefa Ali; Ali Beg Aldun; Ahmed Beg.
This conversation gives the most direct information about Hassan, Lerch's main Zaza source. Hassan's Sivan framework matches the region that appears in the 1841 Palu population register as a 42-village Sivan nahiye and was later attached to Genç and known as Servi. The working identification for Kasan/Kassau/Kaschan is today's Günkondu, listed as Kasan/Kasun in Sivan village lists.
The spelling Hassan/Hasan follows Lerch's form. Kasan/Günkondu, Horsik/Saklıca, Aldun/Alaaddin, and Hêmek/Hamek/Yeniler are supported by sources; Weşin, Talek, Kavare, and Gowman document additional local geography. The name Melken on Kiepert's map strengthens the Melêkang/Melekan = Sarıbudak identification.
Lerch, Peter Ivanovich. Izsledovaniia ob iranskikh kurdakh i ikh predkakh, severnykh khaldeiakh. Vol. 1. St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1856. Dialogue with Hassan, printed pp. 96-99.
Pages: Russian RGO viewer images 110-113; printed pp. 96-99.
Primary scan witness for Lerch's Zazaki transcription and Russian free translation.
Lerch, Peter. Forschungen über die Kurden und die iranischen Nordchaldäer. Abth. 1. St. Petersburg: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1857. Text 'Gespräch mit Hassan,' pp. 103-105.
Pages: Internet Archive scan pages around n146-n148; printed pp. 103-105.
Used as a second scan witness for the Zazaki transcription and for German comparison.
Aslanoğulları, Mehmet. Lerch'in Zazaki Derlemelerinin Çevrimyazımı ve Türlerine Göre Sözcüklerin Tahlili. Master's thesis, Bingöl Üniversitesi, 2014.
Pages: PDF pp. 44-46; heading 'Diyalog.'
Secondary transcription witness used during alignment and review. The transcription text is cited here but is not reproduced in the Interlinear view.