Shabankara

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Shabankareh (other spellings: Shabankara, Shwankara) was name of an ancient Kurdish tribal federation in southern Zaghros [1]. They were powerful during Sassanid era as well as in Middle Ages. Today a Kurdish clan by this name exists just nowthwest of Kirmanshahan.

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[edit] origins

Some historical documents such as Fars-nama(ca. 1107 CE) and Maslik al-absar of al-Umari do not consider Shabankareh as Kurdish and differentiate between Shabankareh and Kurds[citation needed]. The Kurdish history of Sharafnama (written by Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi in 16th century), does not mention Shabankareh among the Kurdish dynasties [2].

Some modern scholars are of the opinion that the Kurds mentioned in Islamic and Persian sources as living in south and southwest Persia (Fars) were probably not true Kurds, but nomadic tribes speaking southwest Iranian dialects related to modern Luri and Persian[3]

[edit] History

[edit] Sassanid era

According to Dehkhoda Dictionary, Ardashir I was the son of a Kurdish mother from Shabankareh tribe in the Fars Province [4]. It is even recorded that Ardavan last Parthian King addressed Ardashir as a Kurd, Born in the tent of Kurds and raised with Kurds.

[edit] Post-Islamic period

In 11th century one of Shabankareh leaders ruled most of Fars region in southern Zagros. After collapse of Seljukids Shabankara ruled again the area with Shahre-Idj as their capital. In Ilkhanid era they ruled Shabankareh province centered at Darabgird. [5]

[edit] See also

Hazaraspid

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East, 500 B.C; Peter Christensen, page: 316, Published 1993, Museum Tusculanum Press, 351 pages, ISBN 8772892595
  2. ^ [1][dead link]
  3. ^ John Limbert, The origins and appearance of the Kurds in pre-Islamic Iran, Iranian Studies, Vol. 1, No.2, pp.41-51, Spring 1968, p.48
  4. ^ Dehkhoda Dictionary, by Dehkhoda. Library of Congress Title: Lughatʹnāmah / taʾlīf-i Dihkhudā ; [zīr-i naẓar-i Muḥammad Muʻīn]. Library of Congress Call Number: AE36 .D4 Pers. Entry for (کرد).
  5. ^ The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East, 500 B.C; Peter Christensen, page: 316, Published 1993, Museum Tusculanum Press, 351 pages, ISBN 8772892595