The Zil tribal confederation constitutes a number of Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) tribes that mostly live within modern
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
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Zil tribes
The following is a list of the
Kurmanji
Kurmanji (, ), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions. It is the ...
speaking Kurdish
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
s of the Zil tribal Federation
*Ademan
*Burukan
*Celali
*Dakuri/Takori
*Epdoyi
*Hasanan
*Hayderan
*Milan
*Şadili
*Semsi
*Torular
*Zirkan/Zirqan
Position on the Sheikh Said rebellion
The Zil tribal federation didn't join the Sheikh Said rebellion, many tribes fought on the side of the government.
See also
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Sheikh Said rebellion
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Kurdish chiefdoms
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Kurdish tribes
Kurdish tribes are tribes of Kurds, Kurdish people, an ethnic group from the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan in West Asia, Western Asia.
The tribes are socio-political and generally also a territorial unit based on descent and kinship, real or ...
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Kurmanji
Kurmanji (, ), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions. It is the ...
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