List Of Assyrian Tribes
The following is a list of Assyrian tribes.
Tribes
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.
References
Notes
- ^ The village of Āshīṯā was a rayat of the Tyari.
- ^ Diz was part of the ashiret area, but was not always considered to be tribal. Also spelt as Dez.
- ^ Gaunt names Ishtazin as an ashiret tribe whilst Wilmshurst considers them to have been a rayat tribe.
- ^ The village of Mar Bishu was included in the rayat area Shamsdin. Also spelt as Marbishu.
- ^ The village of Quchanis was part of the ashiret area, but was not always considered to be tribal.
- ^ Ṭāl was part of the ashiret area, but was not always considered to be tribal. Wilmshurst names Ṭāl as a rayat tribe.
- ^ Walto was part of the ashiret area, but was not always considered to be tribal.
Citations
- ^ Donabed (2015), p. 59; Yacoub (2016), p. 8; Coakley (2011), p. 186.
- ^ Donabed (2015), p. 60.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 285.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), pp. 285, 288.
- ^ Donabed (2015), p. 125.
- ^ Donabed (2015), p. 115.
- ^ Coakley (2011), p. 186.
- ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 285; Gaunt (2006), p. 126.
- ^ Donabed (2015), p. 273.
Bibliography
- 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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