Hesenan (tribe)

Hesenan (Kurdish: Hesinan) is the name of a Kurdish tribe located in various parts of Kurdistan. The largest part of this tribe lives in Turkish Kurdistan.

History

They were considered part of the Milli tribe. The Hesenan are religiously Shafi'i and speak Kurmanji. The Hesenan tribe took part in the Sheikh Said rebellion in 1937.

Notable Heseni

References

↑ Dersim: Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı'nın Raporu, pp. 100, Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı, Kaynak Yayınları, 1998.
↑ Aşiretler Raporu, pp. 257, Doğu Perinçek, Kaynak Yayınları, 1998, ISBN 978-975-343-220-7.
↑ Sert, Şahin (2025-04-25). "Şeyh Said İsyanında Aşiretler". Akademik Tarih ve Dusunce Dergisi. doi:10.46868/atdd.2025.930. ISSN 2148-2292.

Bibliography

Agha, Shaikh and State: The Social and Political Structures of Kurdistan, Martin van Bruinessen
The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview, Philip G. Kreyenbroek, Stefan Sperl

External links

"Şêx Seîd's revolt" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04, about the Sheikh Said rebellion.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
"Assyrians and Syriacs during World War I".

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[1] Dersim: Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı'nın Raporu, pp. 100, Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı, Kaynak Yayınları, 1998.

[2] Aşiretler Raporu, pp. 257, Doğu Perinçek, Kaynak Yayınları, 1998, ISBN 978-975-343-220-7.

[3] Sert, Şahin (2025-04-25). "Şeyh Said İsyanında Aşiretler". Akademik Tarih ve Dusunce Dergisi. doi:10.46868/atdd.2025.930. ISSN 2148-2292.

v t e Kurdish tribes
Iraq	Balak Bajalan Barzani Chegini Feyli Gewirk Guran Hamawand Herki Jaff Khoshnaw Mangur Mirawdale Muzuri Sanjâbi Şêxbizin Suramiri Zangana Zil
Iran	Bajalan Chalabianlu Chegini Donboli Feyli Gewirk Guran Jaff Jahanbeglu Jalali Kakavand Kalhor Kordshuli Kuruni Lak Malekshahi Milan Mirawdale Modan Mokri Pazuki Reşwan Sanjâbi Shekak Suramiri Zangana Zarrin-Kafsh
Azerbaijan	Sheylanli
Turkey	Çelebi Gewirk Herki Hesenan Jalali Koçgiri Milan Miran Modan Motikan Parçikan Pazooka Reşwan Şêxbizin
Syria	Milan Miran Reşwan
Historical tribes	Hadhabani Mahmudi Qaymariyya Shabankara Zilan