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The
Zangana (Kurdish:
Zengene) are a branch of southern Kurds and a tribal confederation of the
Shabaks of Northern Iraq. They have historically lived southeast of
Kirkuk and near
Khanaqin. and Kifri. Alternatively, they've been associated with the
Sulaymaniyah area. There are also Zanganas around Kirmanshah. Their religion branch is
Sunni Islam.
They speak a distinct dialect that's related to
Hawrami. However, in recent years they've linguistically assimilated into the language practice of
Sorani speakers in the area in which they live.
The settlement patterns of the people have shifted since the late 1980s. The Saddam Hussein regime relocated them in the
Al-Anfal Campaign of 1988; also, in the course of the refugee dislocations of 1991 the Zengana people relocated.
Additional reference
- Cecil J. Edmonds, Kurds, Turks and Arabs: Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925, London, 1957.
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