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The following is a list of tribes of Kurdish people from the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan.

Turkey (Northern Kurdistan)

• Ademan, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Alikan, tribe. Tribe member Mehmet Ali Suçin is a politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
• Badıka, tribe. Tribe member Ahmet İnal is a politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
• Badıllı, tribe. Tribe member Ahmet Öncel is a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Beg, tribe.
• Bekiran, tribe. Tribe member Nuri Dağdağa is a politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
• Bucak, tribe.
• Burukan, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion. Tribe member Şerif Bedirhanoğlu is a politician of the Motherland Party (ANAP), and Mehmet Kartal and Necmi Yağizer of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Buruki, tribe.
• Celali, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Çelebi, tribe or clan in the Mardin Province. They are known for their closeness to the Turkish state. They have been accused of participating in the Armenian Genocide of 1915 and they are currently allied to the Turkish government in its fight against the PKK (Kurdish) insurgency. Tribe member Süleyman Çelebi is a politician of the Motherland Party.
• Cibran, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Joined the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Chikak (or Shikak), tribe. Also lives in Iran.
• Cumeyli, tribe. Tribe member Mahmut Özyavuz is a politician of the National Movement Party (MHP).
• Dağ, tribe. Tribe member Selahattin Dağ is a politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
• Dakuri (or Takori), Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Dıri, tribe. Tribe member Nusret Öner is a politician of the Motherland Party.
• Dostki, tribe. Tribe member Esat Canan is a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Ensarioğlu, tribe.
• Epdoyi, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Ertuşi, tribe.
• Gıravi, tribe. Tribe member Abdulhalik Özdinç is a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Goran, tribe. Tribe member Irfan Arslan is a politician of the Motherland Party.
• Guyan, tribe.
• Hasanan, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Mostly did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Hayderan, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Herkî, tribe in southeastern Anatolia. Supported the government in the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Hevêrki, Kurmanj-speaking Yazidi tribe in Tur Abdin.
• Hıdırsor, tribe. Tribe member Sait Doğan is a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Hisar, tribe. Tribe member Haluk Kaya is a politician of the Motherland Party.
• Hormek, tribe. Zaza-speaking Alevi tribe. Supported the government in the Sheikh Said rebellion. Some tribal leaders have defined themselves as Turks since the 1930s.
• İzol, tribe. Tribe member Zülfükar İzol is a politician of the Justice and Development Party (AKP).
• Kalender, tribe. Tribe member Turun Tüysüz is a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Karakeçi, tribe.
• Kejan, tribe. Tribe member Ahmet Kıran is a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Kıçan, tribe. Tribe member Abdurrahman Abay is a politician of the Motherland Party.
• Kırvar, tribe.
• Koçgiri, Zaza-speaking Alevi tribe. Led the Koçgiri rebellion. Includes the clans of Saran (Sariki), Iban (Ibiki), Çarekan (Çareki), Balan (Baliki), Sefan (Sefiki).
• Kuran, tribe.
• Lolan, Zaza-speaking Alevi tribe. Supported the government in the Sheikh Said rebellion. Some tribal leaders have defined themselves as Turks since the 1930s.
• Mamkuran, tribe. Tribe member Adil Gökçe is a politician of the National Movement Party (MHP).
• Melkişo, tribe. Tribe member Fudayıl Yüksel is a politician of the National Movement Party (MHP).
• Mersavi
• Milan, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Pinyaniş, tribe in the Hakkâri Province.
• Raman
• Reşvan
• Şadili, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Semsi, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Şemsıkan (or Shemsiki)
• Şerro
• Seydan, tribe. Tribe member Mehmet Ekinci is a politician of the Motherland Party.
• Şeyhanlı, tribe.
• Şeyhbızın
• Şigo
• Şıhanlıoğlu, tribe. Tribe member Seyit Eyüpoğlu is a politician of the Motherland Party.
• Sinemilli
• Sinika, tribe. Tribe member Nezir Nasıroğlu is a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Sıpertiyan, tribe. Tribe member Cemil Taşkin is a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).
• Şeroxan
• Tayan
• Tirikan, tribe.
• Torular, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.
• Zirkan, Kurmanj-speaking tribe. Part of the Zil confederation. Did not join the Sheikh Said rebellion.

Historical

• Mahmudi (historical)

Iraq (Southern Kurdistan)

The following are tribes from the autonomous region of Iraq known as Iraqi Kurdistan:

• Sindi
• Rawanduz
• Bejani
• Hesenan
• Doski
• Saleyi
• Balak
• Surchi
• Bradosti
• Gardy
• Herki
• Blbass
• Nanakali
• Galbaghi
• Rekani
• Sian
• Berwari
• Mizuri
• Nerweyi
• Galaly
• Zebary
• Berzinji
• Barzani
• Shekhky
• Hamawend
• Shekhbezeny
• Rozhbayani
• Daloyi
• Guli
• Gergery
• Sulevani
• Goyi
• Goran
• Jaff
• Brifki
• Dizayi
• Talabani
• Zerarri
• Jebbari
• Zerary
• Khailany
• Dlo
• Bajalan
• Laylani
• Zenda
• Sherafbeyani
• Khoshnaw
• Beyzade/Bagzada
• Piran
• Sarraj
• Miran
• Kucher
• Musrash
• Gailany
• Goyan
• Ako
• Ismail Uzairi

Republic of Azerbaijan

The following are tribes from the Kurdistan-area now within the Republic of Azerbaijan:

• Sheylanli tribe

Syria (Western Kurdistan)

• Hesenan

Iran (Eastern Kurdistan)

The following are Kurdish tribes from various regions of the modern-day Islamic Republic of Iran:

West Azarbaijan Province

• Bradosti tribe
• Jalali
• Milan
• Haydaran
• Donboli
• Shemski
• Korahsuni
• Shekak
• Herki
• Bagzâdah
• Zerzâ
• Pirân
• Pizhdar
• Mâmash
• Mangur
• Mokri
• Dehbokri
• Gawerk(Gewrek)
• Malkari
• Suseni
• Feizollah beigi
• Bariaji
• Darî (Dirî)

Kurdistan Province

• Doski
• Sarshew
• Tilakui
• Sursuri
• Gashki
• Bashuki

Kermanshah province

• Kalhor
• Sanjâbi
• Zangana
• Guran
• Jaff
• Bajalan
• Qalkhâni
• Sharaf bayani

Ilam province

• Arkawâzi
• Badrei (Ali Sherwan)
• Malek Shahi
• Khezel
• Kalhor (Eyvani)
• Deh Balai
• Pirani (Abdanan and Pahleh)
• Naserali (Abdanan)
• Mamus (Abdanan)
• Maspi (Abdanan)
• Zargush (Abdanan)

Luristan province

• Biranavand
• Dilfan
• Kakavand
• Jalilavand

Mazandaran province

• Modânlu
• Khâjevand
• Abdul Maleki

Gilan province

• Amârlu
• Risvand

Former or multi-national provinces

Khorasan province

The following are tribes from Kurdish provinces that either no longer exist or exist across the borders of multiple modern countries, or both:

• Zaferânlu
• Shâdlu
• Topkânlu
• Sewkânlu
• Qahramânlu

References

1. ^ Olson 2013. sfn error: no target: CITEREFOlson2013 (help)
2. ^ Uslu 2009, p. 75.
3. ^ . Economist http://www.economist.com/node/17632939. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. Philip G. Kreyenbroek (2009). Yezidism in Europe: Different Generations Speak about Their Religion. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-3-447-06060-8.
5. ^ Kehl-Bodrogi 1997. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKehl-Bodrogi1997 (help)
6. Hari S. Vasudevan (1 January 2004). The Global Politics of the Iraq Crisis and India's Options. Aakar Books. pp. 184–. ISBN 978-81-87879-31-2.
7. Strohmeier 2000. sfn error: no target: CITEREFStrohmeier2000 (help)

Sources

• Uslu, Emrullah (2009). The Transformation of Kurdish Political Identity in Turkey: Impact of Modernization, Democratization and Globalization. ProQuest. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-1-109-05548-1.
• Martin Strohmeier; Lale Yalçın-Heckmann (2000). Die Kurden: Geschichte, Politik, Kultur. C.H.Beck. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-3-406-42129-7.
• Robert Olson (18 December 2013). The Emergence of Kurdish Nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880–1925. University of Texas Press. pp. 144–. ISBN 978-0-292-76412-5.
• Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi; Barbara Kellner Heinkele; Anke Otter Beaujean (1997). Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East: Collected Papers Od the International Symposium "Alevism in Turkey and Comparable Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East in the Past and Present" Berlin, 14-17 April 1955. BRILL. pp. 13–. ISBN 90-04-10861-0.
• Janet Klein (31 May 2011). The Margins of Empire: Kurdish Militias in the Ottoman Tribal Zone. Stanford University Press. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-0-8047-7570-0.

v t e Kurdish tribes
Iraq	Balak Bajalan Barzani Chegini Feyli Gewirk Guran Hamawand Herki Jaff Khoshnaw Mangur Mirawdale Muzuri Sanjâbi Şêxbizin Suramiri Zangana Zil
Iran	Bajalan Chalabianlu Chegini Donboli Feyli Gewirk Guran Jaff Jahanbeglu Jalali Kakavand Kalhor Kordshuli Kuruni Lak Malekshahi Milan Mirawdale Modan Mokri Pazuki Reşwan Sanjâbi Shekak Suramiri Zangana Zarrin-Kafsh
Azerbaijan	Sheylanli
Turkey	Çelebi Gewirk Herki Hesenan Jalali Koçgiri Milan Miran Modan Motikan Parçikan Pazooka Reşwan Şêxbizin
Syria	Milan Miran Reşwan
Historical tribes	Hadhabani Mahmudi Qaymariyya Shabankara Zilan

• Kurdish tribes