The Zil tribal confederation constitutes a number of Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) tribes that mostly live within modern Turkey.
Zil tribes
The following is a list of the
Kurmanji
Kurmanji ( ku, کورمانجی, lit=Kurdish, translit=Kurmancî, also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northern dialect of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Sy ...
speaking Kurdish
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
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
The Kurdish chiefdoms or principalities were several semi-independent entities which existed during the 16th to 19th centuries during the state of continuous warfare between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran.
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Kurdish tribes
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 ...
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Kurmanji
Kurmanji ( ku, کورمانجی, lit=Kurdish, translit=Kurmancî, also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northern dialect of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Sy ...
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