Shekak

Shekak (also Shakkak, Shikakan or Shekkāk[1]) is a Kurdish tribe in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The tribe lives around the city of Urmia and in 37 village in Sharran sub district of Afrin district.

History

Among the clans of the Shekak are the 'Awdoǐ.[2] According to their oral history they came from Diyarbakır in the 17th Century and settled west of Lake Urmia,[2] which displaced the Donboli tribe.[3] The first known chieftain of the 'Awdoǐ was Ismail Agha who died in 1816 and whose tomb is beside the Naslu River.[3] His grandson Jafar Agha was executed as a bandit in Tabriz in 1905.[2] Jafar's brother, Simko Shikak, was allegedly responsible for leading the anti-Christian and anti-Alevite[4] massacres in the area before and during World War I and supposed organized resistance against the cruel regime of Reza Shah.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Oberling, Pierre (20 July 2004). "Kurdish Tribes". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Houtsma, M. Th.; et al. (1993). "Salmas". E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. 4 (Reprint ed.). E.J. Brill. p. 118. ISBN 90-04-09796-1.
  3. 1 2 Houtsma, M. Th.; et al. (1993). "Shakāk". E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. 4 (Reprint ed.). E.J. Brill. p. 290. ISBN 90-04-09796-1.
  4. ↑ Izady, Mehrdad (1992). The Kurds: A Concise Handbook. Crane Russak. p. 58. ISBN 9780844817293.
  5. ↑ O'Leary, Brendan; Ṣāliḥ, Khālid (2005). "The Denial, Resurrection, and Affirmation of Kurdistan". In O'Leary, Brendan; McGarry, John; Salih, Khaled. The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 3-46. ISBN 0-8122-3870-2.
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