Şêxbizin (tribe) explained

Şêxbizin [1] is a Kurdish tribe present near Koy Sanjaq in Kurdistan Region, Iraq with smaller communities dispersed throughout Turkey. While the tribe speaks Sorani in Kurdistan Region, the ones in Turkey have kept their tribal sub-dialect of Laki called Şêxbizinî or Kirmancekîman. Nonetheless, many in Turkey only know Turkish due to the assimilatory policies of Turkey.

They lived around Kermanshah in present-day Iran but were expelled towards Ottoman Kirkuk by Safavid Ismail I in the 16th century. Many members of the tribe would later migrate towards Anatolia.

Etymology

It is believed that the name of the tribe is a compound of the two words sheikh and Bazan. The latter is the name of the region near Sulaymaniyah where they were exiled to before relocating to Anatolia decades after. The name appears in different spellings in Ottoman documents.

History

The tribe was caught between the many wars between the Ottomans and the Safavids in Kurdistan and were forced to leave towards Kirkuk by the Safavids after failed negotiations between Shah Ismail and Şêxbizinî leader Qazî Hûseyîn. The reason for the exile was the religious beliefs of the tribe since they were Sunni. Entering Ottoman Kurdistan, they were tolerated by Sultan Selim I since he was attempting to gather support from Sunni Kurdish tribes against the Safavids. Due to the support from the Şêxbizin during the Battle of Chaldiran, the tribe received privileges including the liberty to settle wherever they wanted. This allowed members of the tribe to migrate upward towards Anatolia after temporarily staying in Palu. By the end of the 18th century, the tribe lived in Haymana during the winter and around Antalya, Samsun and Aydın in the summer.

In his work on Kurdish tribes in 1908, Mark Sykes mentioned the Şêxbizin tribe near Kirkuk which numbered around 4,000 families. He wrote:

Many Şêxbizin Kurds were Peshmerga and fought with the Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani during the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict.

Settlements

The Şêxbizin tribe lives in the following towns and villages:

Kurdistan Region

Villages populated by the Şêxbizin tribe in Erbil Governorate:

Ankara and Konya Provinces

Villages populated by the Şêxbizin tribe in Ankara Province and Konya Province in Turkey:

Other provinces

Villages populated by the Şêxbizin tribe in Turkey outside of the provinces of Ankara and Konya:

Europe

There is a Şêxbizin community in Austria, Denmark, Germany and France.

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Othman. Didar. 3 April 2016. هۆزو تیره‌و لقه‌كانی كورد به‌شی دووه‌م. ku. History of Kurd. 25 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Dededağı mah - Bafra - Samsun . Index Anatolicus . 25 September 2020 . tr.
  3. Web site: Dumanoğlu mz - Aşkale - Erzurum . Index Anatolicus . 25 September 2020 . tr.
  4. Web site: Index Anatolicus - Narman . 25 September 2020 . tr.
  5. Web site: Index Anatolicus - Sakarya. 25 September 2020 . tr.

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