Kakavand (tribe)

Kakavand (Kurdish: کاکەوەن)^[1] is a Kurdish tribe residing in Kermanshah Province,^[2] Lorestan Province in Iran and around Khanaqin in Iraq.^[3]

In the second half of the 20th century they established themselves in the Pishkuh area of Lorestan, and also to the west of Qazvin and in Tarom. They speak Laki and adhere to Yarsanism.^[4]

References

1. "چەند زانیارییەک لەسەر هۆزی کاکەوەن". Prsmedia.net (in Kurdish). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
2. "کاکاوند". Dehkhoda (in Persian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
3. Henry Field (1939). Contributions to the Anthropology of Iran. Field Museum of Natural History. p. 168.
4. "مذهب اهل حق-علی اللهی-فرقه یارسان-" (in Persian). Porseman. Retrieved 26 June 2019.