Hamawand

Hamawand (tribe)

Hamawand (tribe)

Kurdish tribe in Iraq

The Hamawand is a Kurdish tribe in Kurdistan Region.[1][2] In 1908 they rebelled against the Ottoman Empire.[3] During the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), they fought against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant alongside other Kurdish tribes.[2]

Leaders

References

  1. [1]
    Henning, Barbara. "Dealing with the Kurdish Hamawand tribe in Northern Iraq: Opportunities of the Ottoman-Iranian Borderland in the late 19th century". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. [2]
    Anderson, Sulome (2016-06-16). "The Legendary Tribe That's Fought Everyone from the Ottomans to ISIS". Vice. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  3. [3]
    Jwaideh, Wadie (2006-06-19). The Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development. Syracuse University Press. pp. 108, 109. ISBN 9780815630937.
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