The following is a list of tribes of Kurdish people , an ethnic group from the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan in Western Asia.
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. [1]
The present tribes and tribal confederations with their sub-tribes are listed below: [2] [3] [4]
Zuqiriya Confederation
Mehemdiya Confederation
Hesiniya Confederation
Sipki Confederation
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. [5] [6] [7]
The information on the tribes in Azerbaijan is from 1936: [8] [9]
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Alihan | Aliyan | Babali | Bargushat | Bozlu | Ferihkan | Gajisam | Gulukchi | Hasenan | Karachorlu | Kelani | ||||||||
Kulekan | Kulpucci | Milan | Pugian | Pusian | Shadmanli | Sheylanli | Sisiyan | Sultan | Tahmas | Terter |
The following tribes are present in Baghdad Governorate:
The following tribes are present in Diyala Governorate:
The following tribes are present in Dohuk Governorate: [22] [23] [24]
The following tribes are present in Erbil Governorate: [30]
The following tribes are present in Kirkuk Governorate: [11]
The following tribes and confederations are present in Nineveh Governorate: [37] [38] [39]
The following tribes are present in Saladin Governorate:
The following tribes are present in Sulaymaniyah Governorate: [43]
The following tribes are present in Wasit Governorate:
The following tribes are present in Ardabil Province: [46]
The following tribes are present in East Azerbaijan Province:
The following tribes are present in Fars Province:
The following tribes are present in Gilan Province: [11]
The following tribes are present in Hamadan Province:
The following tribes are present in Ilam Province: [54]
The following tribes are present in Kermanshah Province: [11]
The following tribes are present in North Khorasan Province and Razavi Khorasan Province: [63]
The following tribes are present in Kurdistan Province:
The following tribes are present in Lorestan Province:
The following tribes are present in Mazandaran Province: [11]
The following tribes are present in Qazvin Province: [11]
The following tribes are present in Tehran Province: [11]
The following tribes are present in West Azerbaijan Province: [11]
The following tribes are present in Al-Hasakah Governorate and Raqqa Governorate: [79] [80] [81] [82] [83]
The following tribes are present in Aleppo Governorate: [85] [86]
The following tribes are present in Adıyaman Province:
The following tribes are present in Ağrı Province and are all Shafi'i: [120]
The following tribes are present in Aksaray Province:
The following tribes are present in Ankara Province:
The following tribes are present in Ardahan Province: [125]
The following tribes are present in Batman Province:
The following tribes are present in Bingöl Province:
The following tribes are present in Bitlis Province:
The following tribes are present in the Black Sea Region and Marmara Region:
The following tribes are present in Diyarbakır Province and are all Shafi'i: [164]
The following tribes are present in Elazığ Province and are all Hanafi unless noted: [165]
The following tribes are present in Erzincan Province:
The following tribes are present in Erzurum Province: [183]
The following tribes are present in Gaziantep Province and are all Hanafi unless noted: [186]
The following tribes are present in Kars Province and Iğdır Province (one province until 1993) and are all Shafi'i unless noted: [188]
The following tribes are present in Gümüşhane Province and are all Alevi: [190]
The following tribes are present in Hakkâri Province: [192]
The following tribes are present in Kahramanmaraş Province:
The following tribes are present in Kayseri Province:
The following tribes are present in Kilis Province and are all Hanafi: [197]
The following tribes are present in Kırşehir Province:
The following tribes are present in Konya Province:
The following tribes are present in Malatya Province:
The following tribes are present in Mardin Province:
The following tribes are present in Muş Province and are all Shafi'i unless noted: [256]
The following tribes are present in Siirt Province and are all Shafi'i:
The following tribes are present in Sivas Province:
The following tribes are present in Şanlıurfa Province:
The following tribes are present in Şırnak Province: [288]
The following tribes are present in Tunceli Province:
The following tribes are present in Van Province and are all Shafi'i: [295]
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)Adıyaman Province is a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The capital is Adıyaman. Its area is 7,337 km2, and its population is 635,169 (2022). The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.
Kurds in Iran constitute a large minority in the country with a population of around 9 and 10 million people.
Büyükkırıklı is a village in the Adıyaman District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 73 in 2021.
Kayaönü is a village in the Adıyaman District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 1,115 in 2021.
Yarmakaya is a village in the Adıyaman District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 864 in 2021.
Yazıbaşı is a village in the Adıyaman District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 445 in 2021.
Çamyurdu is a village in the Adıyaman District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 306 in 2021.
Gölgeli is a village in the Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 393 in 2021.
Eski Kâhta, formerly Kocahisar, is a village in the Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 327 in 2021.
İnlice is a town (belde) and municipality in the Sincik District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 2,192 in 2021.
Yeşilyayla is a village in the Çelikhan District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 86 in 2021.
Reşwan, also known as Reşiyan, is a Kurdish tribe, native to the western frontier of Kurdistan, populating Adıyaman, Gaziantep, and Kahramanmaraş provinces in Turkey. Members of the tribe mostly adhere to the Hanafi school of Islam with some Alevi adherents. and some of them belong to the Yezidi religion.
Gümüştarla is a village in the Erzincan District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and by Turks. It had a population of 1,996 in 2022.
Oğultaşı is a village in the Çayırlı District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan and Lolan tribes and had a population of 17 in 2021.
Tosunlar is a village in the Çayırlı District, Erzincan Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan and Lolan tribes and had a population of 9 in 2021.
Aktaş is a village in the Kemah District of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 19 in 2022.
Karacaköy is a village in the Kemah District of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 63 in 2022.
Yardere is a village in the Kemah District of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 24 in 2022.
Modan is a Kurdish tribe mainly residing around Haymana, Ankara Province in Turkey. The first Kurdish village and considerable Kurdish presence appeared in the region in 15th and 18th centuries, respectively. Tribal members are also found in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran.
Bozyamaç is a village in the Şemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Humaru and Xanî tribes and had a population of 287 in 2023.