Atma (tribe) explained
Atma (Local Kurdish: Otmî; Kurdish: Atmî)[1] is a Kurdish tribe mainly inhabiting parts of Kahramanmaraş and Malatya provinces in Turkey.[2]
History
Atma tribesmen believe that they descend from the Kalhor tribe in modern-day Iraq but later migrated to Nusaybin then to Malatya, and a portion of the tribe further settled near Pazarcık. In 16th-century Ottoman records, Atma tribe consisted of 7 people near Malatya. Atma villages in Arguvan were formed after early 18th century.[2] In mid-18th century, Atma inhabited the region to the north of Aintab with 1000 tents,[3] corresponding to modern-day Pazarcık.
Sub-tribes
Atma is made up of 12 sub-tribes:[4]
- Rîvon (the foxes; Turkish: Tilkiler)
- Kizîron (the shorts; Turkish: Kizirler)
- Haydarlı
- Ketiler
- Sadakalar
- Kızkapanlı (with girl-catchers)
- Karahasanlar
- Karalar (blacks)
- Oxcon (Turkish: Ağcalar, whites)
- Turûşon (Turkish: Turuçlu)
- Kabalar (the rudes)
- Mahkânlı
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Pazarcık'ın Kürd Köyleri . alevinet . 19 January 2023.
- Book: Aksüt . Hamza . Aleviler Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan: araştırma-inceleme . 2009 . Yurt Kitap-Yayın . 9789759025618 . 3 . 208–210.
- Book: Niebuhr . Carsten . Carsten Niebuhr . C. Niebuhrs Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern . 1778 . Nicolaus Müller . Copenhagen . 418 . 8 July 2022.
- Book: Çay . M. Abdulhalûk . Her yönüyle Kürt dosyası . 1993 . Boğaziçi Yayınları . 305 . 9789754510782 . 7 January 2023.