Jerid Lake
Jerid may refer to: *Djerid, one of the six geographical and economic regions of Tunisia *Jerid (tribe), a Turkoman tribe from Turkey *Jereed Jereed (also jerreed, jerid, or jerrid; tr, Cirit) is a traditional Turkish equestrian team sport played outdoors on horseback in which the objective is to score points by throwing a blunt wooden javelin at opposing team's horsemen. Played by Tur ...

Djerid
el-Djerid, also al-Jarīd, ( ar, الجريد; Derja: ''Jerīd''; ) or more precisely the South Western Tunisia Region is a semi-desert natural region comprising three southern Tunisian Governorates, Gafsa, Kebili and Tozeur with adjacent parts of Algeria and Libya. Geography The region is characterised by bare pink hills with oases and several chotts (salt pans) such as Chott el Djerid in Tunisia. Economically the area is important for phosphate mining. Major towns include Gafsa and Tozeur. It remains the principal center of Ibāḍism in North Africa, with remaining Ibāḍī communities on Djerba in Tunisia, in the M'zab in Algeria, and in Jabal Nafusa in Libya. In medieval times, it often formed a politically separate entity under the control of Ibāḍī ''imams''. Location Jerid, Djerid'' or ''Bled el Djerid (Arabic : الجريد, literally "palm leaf"), is a semi-desert region situated in southwestern Tunisia, which extends to the contiguous areas of Algeria. In admini ...
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Jerid (tribe)
Jerid ( tr, Cerit) is a Turkoman tribe inhabiting the provinces of Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Ankara, Çankırı, Balıkesir, and Aydın in Turkey. Etymology The etymological origin of the name of the tribe is disputed. In some parts of Turkey, ''jerid'' means skilled, vivacious, and fast, and it is believed that either the Jerid tribe was associated with these attributes or the term was derived from the tribe instead. It is also proposed that the tribe's name comes from ''jereed'', a traditional sport played with javelins. Likewise, 19th-century traveler William Francis Ainsworth translated the tribe's name as the "short-lance." History Jerid appeared first with the Beylik of Dulkadir in the 14th century, inhabiting the region of Marash and Elbistan. In the 16th century, portions of the tribe spread to the vicinity of Niğde, Kayseri, and Sivas from Marash Sanjak. In late 17th and early 18th centuries, several sub-tribes of Jerid were exiled to Raqqa and Balikh, which portio ...
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ...
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