Sanjabi men clothing
The Sanjâbi or Senjâwi (Kurdish: سنجاوی ,Sincawî, Persian: ایل سنجابی), is one of the biggest Kurdish tribes in Kermanshah Province of Iran and is also found in Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan Region.[1] The Sanjabi dialect is a branch of Southern Kurdish language family. They are notable for having played a leading role in the intertribal history of western Iran, protecting its borders against neighbouring powers—the Russian, British, and especially the Ottoman Empire.[2]
See also
- Karim Sanjabi - chief of Sanjabi tribe in the last decades of 20th century and was a liberal political leader in Iran
References
- ↑ "کورتەێک لە مێژوی چوڵمەک (چوڵمەکیەکانی چەمچەماڵ)" (in Kurdish). November 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ↑ Mokri 1997, p. 641.
Sources
- Mokri, M. (1997). "Sind̲j̲ābī". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Volume IX: San–Sze (2nd ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 641–643. ISBN 978-90-04-10422-8.
- Karim Sanjabi, Hopes and Despairs: The Political Memoirs, London, 1989 (in Persian)
- علی اکبر خان، سردار مقتدر سنجابی. ایل سنجابی و مجاهدتهای ملی ایران. تحریر و تحشیه دکتر کریم سنجابی. تهران: نشر شیرازه، 1380 ISBN 964-6578-91-8
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