List of Assyrian tribes

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

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

^ Discoveries in the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon / Austen Henry Layard Pages 383-384
^ Odisho, Edward Y. (1988). The sound system of modern Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic). Harrassowitz. p. 21. ISBN 3-447-02744-4. OCLC 18465409.
^ "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.

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Assyrian people

Ethno-linguistic group(s) indigenous to the Middle East with various additional/alternate self-identifications, such as Syriacs, Arameans, or Chaldeans

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Syriac
Christianity

West Syriac Rite	Syriac Orthodox Church (518–) Syriac Catholic Church (1662–) Assyrian Evangelical Church (1870–) Assyrian Pentecostal Church (1940–)
East Syriac Rite	Chaldean Catholic Church (1552–) Assyrian Church of the East (1692–) Ancient Church of the East (1968–)

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History
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Ancient Assyria	Early Assyrian period (2600–2025 BCE) Old Assyrian period (2025–1364 BCE) Middle Assyrian Empire (1363–912 BCE) Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BCE) Post-imperial Assyria (609 BCE–240 CE) Ancient Mesopotamian religion Arameans Assyrian tribes
Classical antiquity	Seleucid Empire (312–63 BCE) Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE) Osroene (132 BCE–244 CE) Syrian Wars (66 BCE–217 CE) Roman Syria (64 BCE–637 CE) Adiabene (15–116) Roman Assyria (116–118) Christianization (1st to 3rd c.) Nestorian schism (5th c.) Church of the East (410-1552) Asoristan (226–651) Byzantine–Sasanian wars (502–628)
Middle ages	Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia (630s) Muslim conquest of Syria (630s) Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258) Emirs of Mosul (905–1383) Buyid amirate (945–1055) Principality of Antioch (1098–1268) Ilkhanate (1258–1335) Jalayirid Sultanate (1335–1432) Qara Qoyunlu (1375–1468) Aq Qoyunlu (1453–1501)
Modern era	Safavid Empire (1508–55) Ottoman Empire (1555–1917) Schism of 1552 (16th c.) Massacres of Badr Khan (1840s) Massacres of Diyarbekir (1895) Rise of nationalism (19th c.) Adana massacre (1909) Assyrian genocide (1914–20) Independence movement (1919–) Simele massacre (1933) Post-Saddam Iraq (2003–) Genocide of Christians by ISIL (2014–)

Homeland Settlements	Iraq Nineveh Plains Qaraqosh Alqosh Tel Keppe Bartella Ankawa Shaqlawa Zakho Iran Urmia Salmas Sanandaj Syria Al-Hasakah Governorate Al-Hasakah Tell Tamer Qamishli Khabur Maaloula Turkey Hakkari Mardin Province Mardin Mazıdağı Tur Abdin
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