Surf Wiki
Save to docs
geography/iran

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Gewirk (tribe)

Kurdish tribe

Gewirk (tribe)

Kurdish tribe

Gewirk (, ), also known as the "Gawerk" or "Gewrek", are a Kurdish tribe inhabiting areas of modern-day Iran, Iraq and Turkey.

Geographical distribution

The people of the Gewirk tribe mainly inhabit the following cities of Iran: Urmia, Sardasht, Rabat, Mahabad, Saqez, Boukan, Salmas and Shepiran. In Turkey, they mainly inhabit the following provinces and cities: Van, Başkale and Gürpınar. In Iraq, they mainly inhabit the following Shaqlawa district of Erbil.

Background

Gawerk lords of Urmia and Sardasht, early 1900s

The historical center of the Gewirk tribe is Rabat, a city in the West Azerbaijan province of Iran. [[File:Gawerk - mahabad- house of lord - osman agha مهاباد - سویناس -منزل عثمان آغا گورک.jpg|thumb|Gawerk, Mahabad, house of lords - Osman Agha & Ghader Agha Gewirk]]

1900}}

The tribe is a part of the Billbas Tribal Federation and with the members of the tribe speaking the Mokryan accent of the Kurdish language.[[File:Gawerk- Kurdistan -Rabat house of rashid agha.jpg|thumb|Urmia, Rabat house of Rashid Agha, ]]

References

  • Gewirk Tribe in history of Kurdistan, written by Mohsen Rashidi Gewirk

References

  1. Vali, Abbas. (2011). "Kurds and the State in Iran: The Making of Kurdish Identity". I.B.Tauris.
  2. "صفحه نخست".
  3. "ایل بلباس - گورک".
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

kurdish-tribes kurdish-tribes-of-iran
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Gewirk (tribe) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report