Feyli (tribe)

Feyli Kurds
Feylis and their dialect
Regions with significant populations
Baghdad, Maysan, Diyala, Wasit, Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq, and provinces of Lorestan, Ilam, Kermanshah in Iran .[1][2]
 Iraq1,500,000
(7,000 refugees still in Iran)[3][4]
Languages
Feyli or Ilami[5]
(sub-dialect of Southern Kurdish[1][6][7][8])
Religion
Islam
(Shia majority, large Sunni minority)[9][10]

Feylis (Kurdish: فه‌یلی, romanized: Feylî[11][12]), also known as Feyli Kurds,[1][13][14][15][16] is a Kurdish tribe based in the borderlands between Iraq and Iran. They speak Feyli (also known as "Ilami" or "Southern Kurdish Feyli") which is classified as a sub-dialect of Southern Kurdish,[1][7] but is commonly mistaken as being identical with the separate Feyli dialect of Northern Luri.[1] Linguist Ismaïl Kamandâr Fattah argues that the Kurdish Feyli dialect and other Southern Kurdish sub-dialects are 'interrelated and largely mutually intelligible.'[17]

Feylis are recognized as ethnic Kurds in the Iraqi constitution.[18] In January 2019, Feyli Kurds received a reserved minority seat in Wasit Governorate,[19] which was won by Mazen Abdel Moneim Gomaa with 5,078 votes in the 2018 Iraqi parliamentary election.[20]

Today, the 1,500,000 Feylis live mainly in Baghdad, Maysan, Diyala, Wasit, Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq, and provinces of Lorestan, Ilam, Kermanshah in Iran.[21][22]

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  4. ^ Vivian Tan (28 May 2008). "Feili Kurds in Iran seek way out of identity impasse". UNCHR. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ^ Erik Anonby. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran A working classification". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Kurdish, Southern". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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  8. ^ Saiwan Kamber (2015). Kurdish proverbs and sayings : Feylî dialect, English translation. Books on Demand. ISBN 978-91-7569-823-6.
  9. ^ Göran Larsson, David Thurfjell (2013). "Shia-muslimer i Sverige – en kortfattad översikt" (PDF). SST – Nämnden för Statligt Stöd till Trossamfund. 3. Stockholm: 8. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  10. ^ براثا, وكالة انباء (29 May 2020). "من هم الكورد الفيليون .. ؟1". وكالة أنباء براثا.
  11. ^ "Komelley Kurdî Feylî le Melbourne ahengî 13 bederî Newroz sazdeken". SBS Your Language (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  12. ^ "״عه‌بدولڕه‌زاق فه‌یلی نموونه‌ی دیپلۆماتكارێكی به‌سه‌لیقه‌ و سه‌ركه‌وتوو״ – Knwe.org" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  13. ^ David McDowall (14 May 2004). A Modern History of the Kurds. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-85043-416-0.
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  18. ^ "Iraq's Constitution of 2005" (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Seat in Parliament reserved for Feyli Kurds in Iraq". Al Shahid Witness. 23 January 2019. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  20. ^ "IHEC Results – Wassit" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Kermanshah vii. languages and dialects". Iranica Online. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  22. ^ "Khanaqin: We may be Shiites, but it's a big "Yes" for Kurdistan independence". Rûdaw. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2019.