Barzani Kurds

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The Barzani tribe (Kurdish: Hozî Barzanî) is a large and prominent Kurdish tribe in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The origin of the word 'Barzani' is connected by scholars to the ancient Hurrian god Barzani. source: Michael C. Astour, "Semites and Hurrians in Northern Transtigris", in Studies on the civilization and culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians Volume 2, General studies and excavations at Nuzi 9/1, by D.I. Owen and M.A. Morrison (eds.), Winona Lake Indiana, Eisenbrauns, pp 1-66., 1987.


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