The following is a list of
Assyrian
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyri ...
clans or tribes of northern
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 Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
, northeastern
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, southeastern
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
, and northwestern
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
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Tribes
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Nerwa tribe
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Albaq Tribe
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Alqosh Tribe
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Barwar Tribe
Barwari ( syr, ܒܪܘܪ, ku, بهرواری, Berwarî) is a region in the Hakkari mountains in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey. The region is inhabited by Assyrians and Kurds, and was formerly also home to a number of Jews prior to the ...
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Baz tribe
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Botan tribe
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Chal Tribe
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Diz Tribe
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Bash-Kalah Tribe (practices
Judaism
Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in th ...
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* Gawar Tribe
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Halim Tribe
Halim or Haleem ( ar, حليم ) is an Arabic language, Arabic masculine given name which means gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger.Golziher, Ignaz, ''Muslim Studies'', ed. S.M. Stern (Albany: State Universit ...
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Jilu Tribe
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Kasran Tribe
Kasran ( fa, كسران, also Romanized as Kasrān) is a village in Chavarzaq Rural District, Chavarzaq District, Tarom County, Zanjan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a cou ...
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Kakov Tribe
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Mar b'Ishu Tribe
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Nochiya Tribe
The Nochiya ( syr, ܢܵܘܟ̰ܝܼܵܐ) are an Assyrian tribe that were based in and around the district of Şemdinli ( Beyyurdu and Öveç), in the province of Hakkari, Turkey.
People
The Assyrians of the Nochiya Region were simple farmers ...
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Qodchanis Tribe
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Taimar Tribe
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Tkhuma Tribe
Prior to World War I, the Tkhuma ( syr, ܬܚܘܡܐ, Tkhūmā "Borderland") were one of five principal and semi-independent Assyrian tribes subject to the spiritual and temporal jurisdiction of the Assyrian Patriarch with the title Mar Shimun. ...
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Gunduktha
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Mazra
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Tyari Tribe (Lower)
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Ashitha
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Bnematha
**Biraul
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Lizen
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Minianish
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Mnelgipa
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Sulbag
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Zawita
Zawita ( ar, زاويتة, ku, زاویته, translit=Zawîte) is a town in the Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The name of the town is thought to come from the Syriac word for "corner."
The town is inhabited mainly by Kurds and th ...
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Nouhara
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Tyari Tribe (Upper)
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Banimatu
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Byalta
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Kelaita
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Lakina
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Romta
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Gérāmon
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Serspedo
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Urmia Tribe
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Baradost
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Margawar
Margavar Rural District ( fa, دهستان مرگور, ku, Mirgewer) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,862, in 6,012 families. The r ...
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Salamas
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Somai
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Tergawar
Targavar Rural District ( fa, دهستان ترگور, syr, ܬܪܓܘܪ, Targawar) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Silvaneh District, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,893, in 1,344 famili ...
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Ushnuk
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Walto Tribe
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Tur Abdin
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Amnokiye Tribe
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Beth Haydo
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Bet Shimun
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Urhaye, Bet Rhawi
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Melke Mire
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Qalu Tribe
References
M.Y.A . Lilian, ''Assyrians Of The Van District During The Rule Of Ottoman Turks'', 1914
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