Bidri (tribe)

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

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

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

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

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

References

  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.