Guran (Kurdish tribe)

A Gurani child in Kurdish costume

Guran (Kurdish: گوران‎) is a Kurdish tribe.[1][2][3] They live in Hawraman region near Iran-Iraqi border. Some of them believe Yarsanism and others are Muslim. They speak Hawrami dialects, a kind of Gorani language.

branches

Guran tribe consist of 4 clan:[4]

  1. Bivanij
  2. Choopan Kareh
  3. Heydari
  4. Tofanghchi

Sources

  1. ↑ KURDISH TRIBES. Encyclopaedia Iranica.
  2. ↑ Jwaideh, Wadie. The Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development. p. 307.
  3. ↑ Edmonds, Cecil (1957). Kurds, Turks, and Arabs: politics, travel, and research in northeastern Iraq, 1919-1925. Oxford University Press.
  4. ↑ "?" (in Persian).
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