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Bidri (tribe)

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Bidri
Bıdri
Regions with significant populations
 Turkey:
Kozluk, Sason, Mutki, Güroymak, Hasköy
Languages
Arabic
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Arabs

Bidri (Turkish: Bıdri) is an Arab tribe mainly inhabiting Kozluk and Sason in Turkey.[1]

Language

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The Arabic dialect spoken by the tribe is substantially different and not intelligible with those spoken in Şanlıurfa, Mardin, and Hatay in Turkey, as well as in the Arab world.[2]

History

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Arabs in the region coexisted with Armenians, but with the exception of a few tribes, most of them eventually took part in the massacre of Armenians.[3]

Sub-tribes

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Bidri is made up of several sub-tribes:[4]

  • Zekeri
  • Musi
  • Sarmi
  • Jalali
  • Khazali
  • Bederi (Bidri)
  • Shigo

References

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  1. ^ Aşkın, Deniz (December 2020). "Turkish Arabs as an Ethno-Cultural Identity: History, Tribe and State Relations in the Case of The Şego and Bıdri Tribes". Hacettepe University Journal of Faculty of Letters. 37 (2): 263–275. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ^ Aşkın, Deniz (April 2021). "The Communication Tools of Turkey's Arab Tribes with Other Ethnic Groups: Marriage, Religion and Music". Journal of Sociological Research. 24 (2). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ^ Hadjian, Avedis (30 April 2018). Secret Nation: The Hidden Armenians of Turkey. I.B.Tauris. p. 52. ISBN 9781786723710. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ^ Sykes, Mark (1908). "The Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 38: 451–486. doi:10.2307/2843309. JSTOR 2843309.