Suramiri (tribe)

Suramiri is a Kurdish tribe living in western and southwestern Iran, as well as parts of eastern Iraq.

History

Sorameri is short for Sorkheh Mehri, which means "a red mir". The Sorameri Kurds are Kalhor and scattered around the provinces of Hamadan, Lorestan, Ilam, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Sorkheh Mehri, and Cham Seyl in Iran, and the cities of Khanaqin, Badra, and Ali al-Gharbi in Iraq. The Suramiri follow Shia Islam and speak Southern Kurdish.
The first Kurdish tribes to fight against the Ottomans after the Arab Revolt were the Suramiri, Bajalan, and Dilo tribes of Khanaqin, who made up a British contingent of two hundred tribal fighters and fought the Ottomans along the Diyala River in April 1918.