Chapter 29 Kaiga Migration
The messenger galloped on his horse, his horse's hooves stepping on the unseasoned dirt road. The rural areas on both sides of the road had obviously been ravaged by war - burned houses, trampled fields, mass graves outside the village, etc.
But he was in no mood and had no time to watch the scenery. He just galloped to Astralabad and asked the red heads about the whereabouts of Gaola Beli.
The documents from Tabriz were successfully delivered to the castle in Astarabad.
Gaolaberi opened the envelope and took out several documents inside.
The first one was a letter of appointment. Ibrahim upgraded Gaurabeli to the rank of Sultan and made him concurrently the Lord of Astarabad. His property and slaves would be moved to this city together with other Qajar tribesmen. .
Of course, this does not mean moving the entire Qajar tribe to Astarabad. The current Qajar Khan and most of his tribe will still stay in Azerbaijan.
His next main task was not to lead troops to march into the hinterland of Guregani. The logistical support from Tabaristan was limited to Astarabad. Ibrahim asked him to properly resettle the relocated Qajia tribesmen and register the population and property status of all tribesmen.
Along with the arrival of these immigrants were the supplies allocated to them by the central government and the Persian bureaucrats and mullahs who came to take office.
But immigrants from Turkmen tribes alone cannot keep a city going.
Gaolaberi naturally thought of the captured slaves, among whom there were many craftsmen and businessmen. Together with the bureaucrats and powerful people, they were the main residents of a city.
"Have all those slaves been sent away?" Gaolaberi ordered his personal followers to go to the military camp to check. Then he thought it would be better to go there in person, and asked his servants to prepare horses and go to the baggage train at the military camp outside the city.
The quartermaster in charge of the baggage team saw Gaolaberi riding his horse and saluted quickly, and then asked: "General, why are you here?"
"I remember that all slaves are stored here."
"Yes, general, all the soldiers' property is stored here." Then the quartermaster took out the account book and reported to Gaolaberi all the private property, stored grain, equipment and cash stored in the baggage train.
"Very good." Seeing that the slaves had not been taken away by the slave traders, Gaolaberi decided to resettle these slaves first.
According to war practice and the stipulations of doctrine, one-fifth of the army's spoils belongs to the commander. Ibrahim also followed this practice when he raised the army and established this as the basic military discipline of the Safavid Army. All officers and soldiers must obey. All trophies will be converted into cash by the quartermaster according to the price in the local bazaar to facilitate calculation of value. After dividing the portion belonging to the commander, the remaining four-fifths of the trophies will be distributed based on the merits registered by the military judge, except Weapons and equipment and other contraband items will be forcibly converted into silver coins, and the remaining physical items can be taken by the soldiers.
He first ordered the release of his slaves and asked them to return to Astarabad to live and resume production.
Then Gaolaberi's soldiers rode their horses through various camps under the order of their master: "All soldiers from the Kajia tribe must gather at the baggage camp! All soldiers from the Kajia tribe must gather at the baggage camp!"
Soldiers and officers from the Kajia tribe heard the shouts of the soldiers, got dressed, got out of the tents, and went in groups to the large open space in front of the warehouse of the baggage camp. They found their general, Gaulabelli, standing on horseback, surrounded by his own soldiers, and the quartermaster standing beside him.
"General." All the soldiers and officers saluted Gaolaberi.
"My compatriots, the King of Kings has issued an edict. Astarabad is the territory belonging to our tribe, and I, Sultan Gaurabeli of the Qajar tribe, will serve as the city lord." As he spoke, he asked The janissaries rode on horses and took the documents to display in front of the officers.
"Therefore, I hope that you will respond to the call of the Shaykh and settle here. According to the order, all settlers can obtain land according to their rank and population. I also hope that you will not sell your slaves to other places and keep your property. , to create wealth for themselves and their tribe.”
Loud military judges were sent out to read to them Ibrahim's edict in its entirety. Including the scope of all tribal territories, the land that immigrants can obtain, the preferential policies for immigrants, the material security for immigrants, and the various obligations that immigrants need to bear, etc.
These words triggered a murmur in the crowd. They all talked to each other, and the scene was very noisy for a time. Find Shuyuan www.zhaoｓshuyuan.com
After allowing them to talk for a while, the military police quieted them down and divided them into two teams for registration in accordance with the quartermaster's instructions.
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In the palace of Tabriz, Ibrahim was receiving the Khan of the Qajar tribe and nobles at all levels.
Ibrahim first lifted Qajar Khan, who was kneeling on the ground, and handed him the edict granting the Qajar tribe the county consisting of Astarabad and surrounding villages.
Looking at the smiles on the faces of the Qajar nobles, their words of gratitude kept hitting Ibrahim's ears. He finally interrupted the compliment and made a generous gesture: "Well, you are already the heroes, what should you be grateful for when I reward you with the spoils of war? A stingy lord is not worthy of the loyalty of the warriors."
Then he continued to add: "I have already thought about the relocation plan of your tribe. Astarabad cannot accommodate the entire tribe, and not all tribesmen are willing to live a settled life. So, it belongs to Gourabelli His property and tribe will follow him as the city lord. Nobles and free people who are willing to move can sign up first, and the number of places is limited."
This matter has little to do with the nobles who do not want to immigrate. The nobles of all sizes who came to the palace with Qajar Khan basically had the intention to migrate. When they heard Ibrahim’s decision to limit the number of immigrants, they rushed to register on the spot. , for fear of being snatched away by others.
After receiving Ibrahim's permission, the nobles lined up to register on the document, and the scribes of the King of Kings registered their titles and properties, and the literate signed their names in their own line, For those who were illiterate, servants left monograms for their masters.
After the last person registered, Ibrahim said to everyone: "You can retreat. My herald will inform you of the specific arrangements."