Kurdish tribes explained

The following is a list of tribes of Kurdish people, an ethnic group from the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan in Western Asia.

Armenia and Georgia

Kurdish tribes in Armenia and Georgia consist of Yazidis who arrived in Caucasus from the regions of Van, Kars and Dogubayazit during two main waves of migrations, the first wave taking place during the Russo-Ottoman wars of 19th century (1828-1829 and 1879-1882) and the second wave taking place during World War 1, especially during and after the Armenian genocide where Yazidis were also targeted alongside Armenians. Before migrating, Yazidis formed an integral part of Kurdish tribal interactions in the Ottoman Empire. The Yazidis of Armenia who arrived during the first wave of migrations, settled in Aparan and Talin provinces in the mountainous regions of Aragatz, whereas the Yazidis who arrived during the second wave settled in villages across Ashtarak, Echmiadzin and Armavir.

Tribal confederations

The present tribes and tribal confederations with their sub-tribes are listed below:[1] [2] [3]

Zuqiriya Confederation

Mehemdiya Confederation

Hesiniya Confederation

Sipki Confederation

Azerbaijan

A large portion of the centuries-old Kurdish population in present-day Azerbaijan was deported by the Soviet Union to Central Asia from the 1930s onwards. The remaining Kurdish population in the former Red Kurdistan area (Lachin and Kelbajar districts) was displaced by ethnic-Armenian forces during the first Nagorno-Karabakh War, whilst the Kurds outside of the conflict zone in Azerbaijan became heavily assimilated into Azerbaijani culture.[4] [5] [6]

The information on the tribes in Azerbaijan is from 1936:[7] [8]

Tribes
Alihan AliyanBabali Bargushat BozluFerihkanGajisamGulukchi Hasenan KarachorluKelani
KulekanKulpucciMilanPugianPusian ShadmanliSheylanliSisiyanSultanTahmasTerter

Iraq

Baghdad Governorate

The following tribes are present in Baghdad Governorate:

Diyala Governorate

The following tribes are present in Diyala Governorate:

Dohuk Governorate

The following tribes are present in Dohuk Governorate:[15] [16] [17]

Erbil Governorate

The following tribes are present in Erbil Governorate:[23]

Halabja Governorate

Kirkuk Governorate

The following tribes are present in Kirkuk Governorate:

Nineveh Governorate

The following tribes and confederations are present in Nineveh Governorate:[28] [29] [30]

Xorkan Tribal Confederation (Yezidi)

Cuwana Tribal Confederation (Yezidi)

Other

Saladin Governorate

The following tribes are present in Saladin Governorate:

Sulaymaniyah Governorate

The following tribes are present in Sulaymaniyah Governorate:[33]

Wasit Governorate

The following tribes are present in Wasit Governorate:

Iran

Ardabil Province

The following tribes are present in Ardabil Province:[36]

East Azerbaijan Province

The following tribes are present in East Azerbaijan Province:

Fars Province

The following tribes are present in Fars Province:

Gilan Province

The following tribes are present in Gilan Province:

Hamadan Province

The following tribes are present in Hamadan Province:

Ilam Province

The following tribes are present in Ilam Province:[43]

Kermanshah Province

The following tribes are present in Kermanshah Province:

Khorasan Provinces

The following tribes are present in North Khorasan Province and Razavi Khorasan Province:[50]

Kurdistan Province

The following tribes are present in Kurdistan Province:

Lorestan Province

The following tribes are present in Lorestan Province:

Mazandaran Province

The following tribes are present in Mazandaran Province:

Qazvin Province

The following tribes are present in Qazvin Province:[62]

Tehran Province

The following tribes are present in Tehran Province:

West Azerbaijan Province

The following tribes are present in West Azerbaijan Province:

Syria

Al-Hasakah and Raqqa Governorates

The following tribes are present in Al-Hasakah Governorate and Raqqa Governorate:[69] [70] [71] [72] [73]

Aleppo Governorate

The following tribes are present in Aleppo Governorate:[75] [76]

Turkey

Adıyaman Province

The following tribes are present in Adıyaman Province:

Ağrı Province

The following tribes are present in Ağrı Province and are all Shafi'i:

Aksaray Province

The following tribes are present in Aksaray Province:

Ankara Province

The following tribes are present in Ankara Province:

Ardahan Province

The following tribes are present in Ardahan Province:[79]

Batman Province

The following tribes are present in Batman Province:

Bingöl Province

The following tribes are present in Bingöl Province:

Bitlis Province

The following tribes are present in Bitlis Province:

Black Sea and Marmara Regions

The following tribes are present in the Black Sea Region and Marmara Region:

Diyarbakır Province

The following tribes are present in Diyarbakır Province and are all Shafi'i:

Elazığ Province

The following tribes are present in Elazığ Province and are all Hanafi unless noted:

Erzincan Province

The following tribes are present in Erzincan Province:

Erzurum Province

The following tribes are present in Erzurum Province:[95]

Gaziantep Province

The following tribes are present in Gaziantep Province and are all Hanafi unless noted:

Greater Kars Provinces

The following tribes are present in Kars Province and Iğdır Province (one province until 1993) and are all Shafi'i unless noted:

Gümüşhane Province

The following tribes are present in Gümüşhane Province and are all Alevi:

Hakkâri Province

The following tribes are present in Hakkâri Province:[98]

Kahramanmaraş Province

The following tribes are present in Kahramanmaraş Province:

Kayseri Province

The following tribes are present in Kayseri Province:

Kilis Province

The following tribes are present in Kilis Province and are all Hanafi:

Kırşehir Province

The following tribes are present in Kırşehir Province:

Konya Province

The following tribes are present in Konya Province:

Malatya Province

The following tribes are present in Malatya Province:

Mardin Province

The following tribes are present in Mardin Province:

Muş Province

The following tribes are present in Muş Province and are all Shafi'i unless noted:

Siirt Province

The following tribes are present in Siirt Province and are all Shafi'i:

Sivas Province

The following tribes are present in Sivas Province:

Şanlıurfa Province

The following tribes are present in Şanlıurfa Province:

Şırnak Province

The following tribes are present in Şırnak Province:[105]

Tunceli Province

The following tribes are present in Tunceli Province:

Van Province

The following tribes are present in Van Province and are all Shafi'i:

Historical tribes

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