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The following is a list of Assyrian tribes.
Tribes
[edit]Prior to the First World War, Assyrians in the historical region of Hakkari were organised into ashiret (independent) and rayat (dependent) areas, which were usually called tribes.[1]
- Albaq (Elbek)[2]
- Āshīṯā[3][a]
- Barwar[5]
- Baz[2]
- Bohtan[6]
- Deyree[2]
- Diz[2][b]
- Doskee[2]
- Gawar[2]
- Gawar Pinyānish[2]
- Halamon[5]
- Ishtazin (Lesser Jilu)[c]
- Jilu[2]
- Kharawatta[2]
- Leyone[2]
- Liwan[5]
- Mahmoodieh[2]
- Mar Bishu[5][d]
- Norduz[2]
- Nochiya[9]
- Oromaree[2]
- Pinyānish[2]
- Quchanis[5][e]
- Sara[5]
- Shamizdin[6]
- Ṭāl[3][f]
- Timar d’Van[5]
- Tkhuma[2]
- Tyari[2]
- Walto[3][g]
References
[edit]Notes
- ^ The village of Āshīṯā was a rayat of the Tyari.[4]
- ^ Diz was part of the ashiret area, but was not always considered to be tribal.[7] Also spelt as Dez.[3]
- ^ Gaunt names Ishtazin as an ashiret tribe whilst Wilmshurst considers them to have been a rayat tribe.[8]
- ^ The village of Mar Bishu was included in the rayat area Shamsdin.[7] Also spelt as Marbishu.[6]
- ^ The village of Quchanis was part of the ashiret area, but was not always considered to be tribal.[7]
- ^ Ṭāl was part of the ashiret area, but was not always considered to be tribal.[7] Wilmshurst names Ṭāl as a rayat tribe.[3]
- ^ Walto was part of the ashiret area, but was not always considered to be tribal.[7]
Citations
- ^ Donabed (2015), p. 59; Yacoub (2016), p. 8; Coakley (2011), p. 186.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Donabed (2015), p. 60.
- ^ a b c d e Wilmshurst (2000), p. 285.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 285, 288.
- ^ a b c d e f g Donabed (2015), p. 125.
- ^ a b c Donabed (2015), p. 115.
- ^ a b c d e Coakley (2011), p. 186.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 285; Gaunt (2006), p. 126.
- ^ Donabed (2015), p. 273.
Bibliography
[edit]- Coakley, James F. (2011). "Hakkari". Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. pp. 186–187. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- Donabed, Sargon George (2015). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press.
- Gaunt, David (2006). Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 (PDF). Peeters Publishers. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History. Translated by James Ferguson. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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