Category
page 1Kurdish tribes
Shekak
Kurdish tribe in Iran and Turkey
Jaff
tribe in the south and east of Kurdistan
Barzani Kurds
Kurdish tribe in Iraq

Shabankara
Shabankara or Shwankara (, ; was an Iranian tribe. They claimed descent from the mythical Iranian king Manuchehr and from the founder of the Sasanian Empire, Ardashir I. They had been deported to eastern Fars from Isfahan and Syria by the Buyid Shahanshah 'Adud al-Dawla (r. 949–983). The dynasty's capital was Ij (Ig) and was divided in six districts: Zarkān, Iṣṭabānān, Burk-Tārum-K̲h̲ayra, Nayriz, Kurm-Rūnīz-Lār, and Darabjird. The tribe had the following subdivisions: Ismāʿīlī, the Rāmānī, the Karzuwī, the Masʿūdī and the S̲h̲akānī who were all herders and warriors.
Mhallami
The Mhallami people, also known as Mardelli or alternatively spelled as Mahallami () are an Arab ethnic group traditionally living in and around the city of Mardin, Turkey.
Donboli
tribal group that mainly inhabited the West Azarbaijan Province of Iran
Hadhabani
Hadhabani or Hadhbāni, Hadhbānī, Hadhbāniyya, Heciban ( ; , ), was a large medieval and most powerful Sunni Muslim Kurdish tribe. It made various emirates and dynasties from the Caucasus, all the way to upper Mesopotamia.
Mukri
Kurdish tribe
Reşvan
Reşwan, (; ) also known as Reşiyan, is a Kurdish tribe, native to the western frontier of Kurdistan, mostly populating Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya provinces in Turkey and also present in Konya and Ankara provinces, Raqqa in Syria, and they live in Gilan, Khorasan province Qazvin Province citisies in Iran. Members of the tribe mostly adhere to the Hanafi school of Islam but some are Alevi.
Herki
kurdish tribe
Jalali
kurdish tribe
beyzade
Begzada (Kurdish), Beyzade (Turkish), and Begzadići (Slavic), Beizadea (Romanian), Begzadi (female) "Bəyzadə" (Azerbaijani) are titles given within the Ottoman Empire to provisional governors and military generals who are descendants of noble households and occupy important positions within the empire. The term "Beyzade" often appears in Western accounts of the Ottoman Empire as superiors within the society, usually men who held much authority. In Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and some parts of Anatolia and Iraqi Kurdistan, the title of Beyzade was given to Circassian princes who
Pazuki
Pazukî (or Pazuki in English language sources) is a Kurdish tribe whose members live in different regions in Kurdistan as well as in and around Tehran, Iran. The tribe is mentioned in the 16th century Kurdish historical book Sharafnama by Sharaf Khan Bidlisi. There are some variants of the name Pazuki and they are known under the various names, like Bazikî, Bozukan, Bazukan etc. Pazukî was originally a tribal confederation like Rojiki Kurds. Some branches of them speak Kurmanji and the others speak Zazakî. But Henry Field mentioned their Iranian branch also as a Turcophonic community in 1939.
Shaqaqi
kurdish tribe
Hesenan
kurdish tribe
Hamawand
kurdish tribe in Iraq
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Feyli Kurds
group of Kurdish tribes located mainly in Ilam, Kermanshah provinces and Diyala Governorate
Guran
Kurdish tribe
Milan
Kurdish tribe
Bilbas
Bilbas or Belbas () is a Kurdish tribe that currently resides in the Region of Kurdistan mostly in the Erbil Province.Bilbas is part of Rozhek Tribe
Sanjâbi
Zangana
Kurdish tribe
Zerzar
Zerzari or Zerzarok, Zarzariyya, Zirzariyya (, ), was a Kurdish tribe during the Middle Ages. The Zarzariyya were most likely a branch of the Hadhbani tribe, they made a Military cavalry unit in the Ayyubid Sultanate.
Mangur
major Kurdish tribe
Zafaranlu
The Zafaranlu or Zaʿfarānlu () are the largest Kurdish tribe in Khorasan, living near the Turkmenistan border. The tribe is composed of several branches or clans. The tribe historically spoke Kurmanji Kurdish; however, due to mixing with Turkmens, the Zafaranlu mainly speak Turkic languages.
Dasini
Dasini ( ; ) or Daseni, Tasini, Dasiki, is a Kurdish Yazidi tribe and ethnonym of Yazidis. The tribe resided near Mosul, Duhok, Sheikhan, Sinjar and all the way to the west bank of Greater Zab river.