Bidri (tribe) explained

Group:	Bidri
Native Name:	Bıdri
Native Name Lang:	tr
Popplace:	Turkey Kozluk, Sason, Mutki, Güroymak, Hasköy
Rels:	Islam
Langs:	Arabic
Related:	Arabs

Bidri (Turkish: Bıdri) is an Arab tribe mainly inhabiting Kozluk and Sason in Turkey.^[1]

Language

The Arabic dialect spoken by the tribe is substantially different and not intelligible with those spoken in Şanlıurfa, Mardin, and Hatay in Turkey, as well as in the Arab world.^[2]

History

Arabs in the region coexisted with Armenians, but with the exception of a few tribes, most of them eventually took part in the massacre of Armenians.^[3]

Sub-tribes

Bidri is made up of several sub-tribes:^[4]

Zekeri
Musi
Sarmi
Jalali
Khazali
Bederi (Bidri)
Shigo

Notes and References

Aşkın . Deniz . Turkish Arabs as an Ethno-Cultural Identity: History, Tribe and State Relations in the Case of The Şego and Bıdri Tribes . Hacettepe University Journal of Faculty of Letters . December 2020 . 37 . 2 . 263–275 . 16 November 2022.
Aşkın . Deniz . The Communication Tools of Turkey's Arab Tribes with Other Ethnic Groups: Marriage, Religion and Music . Journal of Sociological Research . April 2021 . 24 . 2 . 16 November 2022.
Book: Hadjian . Avedis . Secret Nation: The Hidden Armenians of Turkey . 30 April 2018 . I.B.Tauris . 52 . 9781786723710 . 17 November 2022.
Sykes . Mark . The Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire . The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland . 1908 . 38 . 451–486. 10.2307/2843309 . 2843309 .