Feyli Kurds

Feyli Kurds (Kurdish: فه‌یلی/فەێلی, romanized: Feylî) are a collection of Kurdish tribes in the borderlands between Iraq and Iran. Historically, the lands of the Feyli Kurds were ruled by the Vali dynasty. Feyli Kurds are distinct from Feyli Lurs, and they speak the Feyli dialect of Southern Kurdish, which is also known as "Ilami" and is distinct from the Feyli dialect of northern Luri. They are mostly Shia Muslims.

Feyli Kurdish was traditionally spoken in Ilam and Kermanshah provinces in Iran and in eastern Iraq. In 2017, their population was estimated around 1,500,000 in Iraq, mainly in Baghdad, but also the eastern parts of Diyala, Wasit, Maysan, and Basra provinces, and many in the Kurdistan Region. Mahdi Al-Tamimi, the director of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Basra, estimated the total population of Feyli Kurds at more than 3,000,000 in 2020. In 2008, there were 7,000 Feyli Kurdish refugees from Iraq in Iran.