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ChildOfTheJin
12-17-2012, 07:38 PM
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Most of the Kurds in Turkey have become sedentary and many have lost their tribal identity. According to Marduḵ Kordestāni (I, pp. 75-117), at the beginning of the 20th century the principal Kurdish tribes of Turkey were the following. They are listed according to district (velāyat). For more information on Kurdish tribes in Turkey, see Ott Blau (pp. 608-9), Mark Sykes (pp. 451-86), and Badile Nikitine (pp. 161-62).

Adıaman: Telyā.

Afyon: Jahānbegli.

Ağri: Sāderli, Ḵālati, Ḥaydarānli, Ḥamadikān, Zilānli, Bādeli, Ādamānli, Bašmānli, Jalāli, Bāzikli.

Amasya: Aruk.

Ankara: ʿAmarānli, Nāṣerli, Zirikānli, Judikānli, Tirikān.

Bitlis: Mudeki, Ḵāzali, Ḥasanānlu, Ātamānikān, Jabbarānli.

Diārbakır: Diārbakri, Musek, Šayḵdudānli, Surkišli, Dersimli, Ḵāzāli, Bešeri, Tirikān, Purān, Bekirān, Raškutānli.

Elaziğ: Gurus, Kulbaban, Sinān, Āšmišārt, Behirmāz.

Erzurum: Herkaʾi, Zirikānli, Ḥasanānli, Piziānli, Rašvān.

Gaziantep: Delikānli

Hakāri: Kekā, Šemsiki, Neri, Ḥakāri, Ḥasanānlu, Balikār, Dināri.

Kaysari: Ḥājibānli.

Kirşehir: ʿAmarānli, Ṭāburowḡli, Barakatli.

Konya: Ḵalkāni.

Malaṭya: Sināminli

Maraş (Marʿaš): Gugarišānli, Kikān, Vāliāni, Nederli, Nāšādirā, Duḡānli, Delikānli, Jelikānli, Balikānli.

Mardin: Dāḵuri, Turʿābedin.

Muş: Māmakānli, Lulānli, Šekerli, Panjinān, Silukān, Selivān, Ḥasanānli, Azli, Panijāri, Zerzān, Balikān.

Siirt (Seʿert): Mirān, Musek, Kaviān, Dersimli, Dāḵuri, Ḥosayni, Jaziriān, Panjinān.

Sivās: Kučeri, Āḵčešmi.

Tokat (Toqat): Aruk.

Tunceli (Tunjeli): Milli, Dersimli.

Urfa: Givarān, ʿAluš, Čāpkasān, Abu Ṭāher, Emerzān, Bārān.

Van: Maḥmudi, Herkaʾi, ʿIsāʾi, Yazidi, Sepikānli, Duderi, Ḵāni, Jelikānli, Tākuli, Tāpiān, Bārezānli.

Yozgat: Māḵāni, Ḵātunoḡli, Ṭāburoḡli.