List of Assyrian tribes

The following is a list of Assyrian clans or tribes of northern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran.

This article is about Assyrian tribes. For the list of Assyrian settlements, see List of Assyrian settlements.

Tribes

• Nerwa tribe
• Albaq Tribe
• Alqosh Tribe
• Barwar Tribe
• Baz tribe
• Botan tribe
• Chal Tribe
• Diz Tribe
• Bash-Kalah Tribe^[1] (practices Judaism)
• Gawar Tribe
• Halim Tribe
• Jilu Tribe
• Kasran Tribe
• Kakov Tribe
• Nochiya Tribe
  • Mar b'Ishu Tribe
• Qodchanis Tribe
• Taimar Tribe
• Tkhuma Tribe
  • Gunduktha
  • Mazra
• Tyari Tribe (Lower)^[2]
  • Ashitha
  • Bnematha
  • Biraul
  • Lizan
  • Minianish
  • Mnelgipa
  • Sulbag
  • Zawita
  • Nouhara
• Tyari Tribe (Upper)
  • Banimatu
  • Byalta
  • Kelaita
  • Walto Tribe
  • Lakina
  • Romta
  • Halmon
  • Gérāmon
  • Serspedo
• Urmia Tribe
  • Baradost
  • Margawar
  • Salamas
  • Mavana
  • Somai
  • Tergawar
  • Ushnuk
• Tur Abdin
  • Amnokiye Tribe^[3]
  • Beth Haydo
  • Bet Shimun
  • Urhaye, Bet Rhawi
  • Melke Mire
• Qalu Tribe

References

1. Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon / Austen Henry Layard Pages 383-384
2. Odisho, Edward Y. (1988). The sound system of modern Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic). Harrassowitz. p. 21. ISBN 3-447-02744-4. OCLC 18465409.
3. "Beth Nahle – Anhel – Anhil Anhül – Enhel – Enhil – Yemişli".

• M.Y.A . Lilian, Assyrians Of The Van District During The Rule Of Ottoman Turks, 1914

Further reading

• Chabot, Jean-Baptiste (1902). Synodicon orientale ou recueil de synodes nestoriens (PDF). Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.