The Cyrtians or Kyrtians (, ) were an ancient tribe in historic Iran near the Zagros Mountains. Based on their name, it had been suggested in the past that they may be ancestors of the Kurds or the source of the ethnonym Kurd, but this is deemed unlikely by modern scholarship.
The Cyrtians or Kyrtians (, ) were an ancient tribe in historic Iran near the Zagros Mountains. Based on their name, it had been suggested in the past that they may be ancestors of the Kurds or the source of the ethnonym Kurd, but this is deemed unlikely by modern scholarship.
According to Rüdiger Schmitt, they were a tribe dwelling mainly in the mountains of Atropatene (Northern Zagros Mountains) together with the Cadusii, Amardi (or "Mardi"), Tapyri, and others (Strabo 11.13.3). Strabo characterized the Cyrtians living in Persia as migrants to the region and predatory brigands.
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