Kalhor () is a Kurdish tribe and their dialect, "Kalhori", has been categorized as a branch of Southern Kurdish.

History

The tribe is described as the most powerful tribe in the province of Kermanshah and the surrounding region, and also described as "one of the most ancient, if not the most ancient, of the tribes of Kurdistan". The Kalhoris were mentioned by Sharaf-al-Din Bedlisi in the late 16th century, according to whom, the chiefs of the Kalhor claimed to be descended from Giv, the son of Goudarz (q.v.), a major hero in the

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

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Areas

Kalhor tribe populate cities and towns such as

Sarpol-e Zahab Sarpol-e Zahab ( fa, سرپل ذهاب, ''Sarpole Zahâb''; ku, Serpêllî Zehaw, ; also romanized as Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb, Sar-e Pol-e Z̄ahāb, and Sar-ī-Pūl Zūhāb; also known as Pol-e Z̄ahāb, Sarpole-Zahab, Pol-e Z̄ohāb, Sarī-Pūl, and ...

, Gilan-e Gharb,

Eslamabad-e Gharb Eslamabad-e Gharb ( fa, اسلام‌آباد غرب; also Romanized as Eslāmābād-e Gharb; also known as Eslāmābād, Shāhābād, and Shāhābād-e Gharb), is a city and capital of Eslamabad-e Gharb County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At t ...

, Eyvan and

Zarneh Zarneh ( fa, زرنه; also known as Kāni Zarnah, Kanī Razneh, and Zarrīneh) is a city in and capital of Zarneh District, in Eyvan County Eyvan County, alternately spelled Eywan or Aivan ( fa, شهرستان ایوان, ''Shahrestān-e Eyva ...

in Iran. In Iraq, they mainly populate Khanaqin. The tribe has over 260,000 members in Kermanshah province.

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History

Areas

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