Zangana (tribe)
Kurdish tribe
Zangana (Kurdish: زەنگەنە, Zengene; Persian: زنگنه) is a large Kurdish tribe mainly living in western Iran and adjacent parts of Iraq. Their native language is Southern Kurdish, and they are religiously divided between Shia Islam, Sunni Islam, and Yarsanism.
History
The first historical mention of the Zangana tribe was by Mu'inoddin Natanzi, who listed them as one of the tribes living in Lur-e-Kuchak. Sharafkhan Bidlisi, in the Sharafnama, listed the Zangana as one of the three main Kurdish tribes of Iran, alongside the Chegini and Siyah Mansur, and claimed that the three tribes descended from three brothers from either Luristan or Guran and Ardalan. He also said that they had really good relations with the Safavid government. After the Sharafnama, there was no more historical mentions of the Zangana tribe until Ahmad Monshi Ghomi mentioned a person named Dawlatyar Khan Zanganeh who was the ruler of Soltaniyeh and the surrounding areas, although it was disputed as most other sources of the time referred to him as Dawlatyar Siyah Mansouri, a leader of the Kurdish Siyah Mansour tribe. The Zangana tribe were also described as native to Kermanshah province.
The Zangana historically were sometimes mislabeled as Lurs due to their proximity, although scholars later clarified that they were Kurds native to the Kermanshah region who first rose to prominence under Shaykh Ali Khan Zangana. The Zangana tribe was one of the most prominent Kurdish tribes in their homeland around Kermanshah. The Zangana tribe also had a presence in Iraq and Khorasan.
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