Shabaks

Shabaks (Arabic: الشبك, Kurdish: شەبەک, romanized: Şebek) are a group that inhabit the Nineveh Plains in Iraq. They speak Shabaki, a Northwestern Iranian language belonging to the Shabaki-Bajelani subgroup of the Gorani group. They largely follow Shia Islam. Their ethnic origin is uncertain and disputed, although they were largely considered Kurds by scholars.