Muzuri (tribe)

The Muzuri; مزووری are a Kurdish tribal group inhabiting the northernmost areas of Iraqi Kurdistan. They live to the west of Margavar and. Muzuri is one of the oldest Kurdish tribes in Kurdistan.

History

In the tribal register of Pîr Emer Qubeysî's Mişûr, one of the sacred Yazidi manuscripts that were composed in 13th-14th centuries, Muzuri tribe is mentioned as one of the tribes attributed as Mirîds of the Yazidi saint, Pîr Emer Qubeysî and his lineage.
Muzuris are also mentioned by Evliya Çelebi in his travelogue called the Seyahatname in 1638, and mentioned by Mark Sykes in 1909, Also mentioned by the Kurdish historian Zaki in his book in 1931. Mostly settled in Erbil and Dohuk provinces. Pendro is one of the largest villages inhabited by the Muzuri clan.