Suramiri (tribe)

Suramiri (Arabic: سورمیری, Kurdish: Soremeyrî, Persian: سرخه مهری) is a Kurdish tribe living in western and southwestern Iran, as well as parts of eastern Iraq.

History

Sorameri is short for Sorkheh Mehri, which means "a red mir". The Sorameri Kurds are Kalhor and scattered around the provinces of Hamadan, Lorestan, Ilam, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Sorkheh Mehri, and Cham Seyl in Iran, and the cities of Khanaqin, Badra, and Ali al-Gharbi in Iraq. The Suramiri follow Shia Islam and speak Southern Kurdish.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "ایل سوره میری - معنی در دیکشنری آبادیس". abadis.ir. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  2. ^ "ایل سوره میری (سوره مهری یا سرخه مهری)". April 4, 1396.
  3. ^ "خانقین" (in Persian). دانشنامه جهان اسلام. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. ^ لرپژوهی (2017-06-25). "ایل سوره میری (سوره مهری یا سرخه مهری)". لرپژوهی (لـور) (in Persian). Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  5. ^ "ایل سوره‌میری از نگاه مورخان". هفته نامه ی پیک ایلام /peyk-e ilam (in Persian). Retrieved 2025-05-02.
  6. ^ Notes on the Tribes of Southern Kurdistan, Ely Banister Soane, 1918, pp. 31