Mangur (tribe)

Mangur is one of the largest Kurdish tribe of northwestern Iran and has a minor presence in northern Iraq. Historically semi-nomadic and war-like, they are native to a basin on the little Zab river called “Mangurayeti”[1][2][3] in Mukriyan[4][5] and also inhabit the districts and cities of Sardasht, Piranshahr, Mahabad, and Pshdar District, the latter of which is in Iraq and not considered to be a part of the geo-cultural region of Mukriyan.[6]

Mangur was one of the Kurdish tribes in the Bolbas Federation.[7] The others were Mâmash, Piran , Zerzâ, Herki and Shekâk.[8]

A tableau portrait of Aryana Xanum, a Kurdish noblewoman of likely Mangur origin, dressed formally in traditional Mukriyani Kurdish Attire
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  4. ^ Ates, Sabri (21 October 2013). Ottoman-Iranian Borderlands. Cambridge University Press. p. 235. ISBN 9781107245082.
  5. ^ "مه نگورایه تی". www.mangurayeti.com (in Persian). Archived from the original on 30 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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