Arkavazi or Arkwazi is a

Kurdish tribe The following is a list of tribes of Kurdish people, an Iranic ethnic group from the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan in Western Asia. Iraq Baghdad Governorate The following tribes are present in Baghdad Governorate: * Feyli tribe Diyala Gover ...

from western

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and northeastern

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

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The Arkavazis are located mainly in the areas of Ilam, Eslamabad-e Gharb,

Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...

Khanaqin Khanaqin ( ar, خانقين; ku, خانەقین, translit=Xaneqîn) is the central city of Khanaqin District in Diyala Governorate, Iraq, near the Iranian border (8 km) on the Alwand tributary of the Diyala River. The town is populated ...

, Mandali, and its center is

Chavar Chavar ( fa, چوار; also Romanized as Chavār, Chawār, and Chūār; also known as Kani Chavar (Persian: كانی چَوار) also Romanized as Kānī Chavār and Kānī Chawār) is a city in and the capital of Chavar District, in Ilam County, ...

. The cities of

and Arkavaz are almost entirely populated by Arkavazis. Arkavazis primarily speak

Southern Kurdish Southern Kurdish ( ku, کوردی باشووری ,کوردی خوارگ, Kurdî Başûrî, Kurdî Xwarig) is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran. The Southern Kurdish-speaking r ...

(Sorani) and follow

Shia Islam Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, m ...

. Among the notable people of this tribe is the poet Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi,http://www.hawzah.net/fa/Article/View/82446/ارکوازی-سراینده-شیعی-کرد-زبان

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{{Kurdish tribes Diyala Governorate Ilam Province Kermanshah Province Kurdish tribes Shia communities Iranian Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan

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