Hamawand (tribe)

Kurdish tribe in Iraq

The Hamawand is a Kurdish tribe in Kurdistan Region.^[1]^[2] In 1908 they rebelled against the Ottoman Empire.^[3] During the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), they fought against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant alongside other Kurdish tribes.^[2]

Leaders

Jwamer Aga (death 1888)

References

^ Henning, Barbara. "Dealing with the Kurdish Hamawand tribe in Northern Iraq: Opportunities of the Ottoman-Iranian Borderland in the late 19th century". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ ^a ^b Anderson, Sulome (2016-06-16). "The Legendary Tribe That's Fought Everyone from the Ottomans to ISIS". Vice. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
^ Jwaideh, Wadie (2006-06-19). The Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development. Syracuse University Press. pp. 108, 109. ISBN 9780815630937.