Atma (tribe)

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Atma
Regions with significant populations
 Turkey:
Kahramanmaraş, Malatya
Languages
Kurdish
Religion
Majority Kurdish Alevism, minority Sunni Islam[1]

Atma (Local Kurdish: Otmî; Kurdish: Atmî)[2] is a Kurdish tribe mainly inhabiting parts of Kahramanmaraş and Malatya provinces in Turkey.[1]

History

Atma tribesmen believe that they descend from the Kalhor tribe in modern-day Iraq but later migrated to Nusaybin then to Malatya, and a portion of the tribe further settled near Pazarcık. In 16th-century Ottoman records, Atma tribe consisted of 7 people near Malatya. Atma villages in Arguvan were formed after early 18th century.[1] In mid-18th century, Atma inhabited the region to the north of Aintab with 1000 tents,[3] corresponding to modern-day Pazarcık.

Sub-tribes

Atma is made up of 12 sub-tribes:[4]

  • Rîvon (lit. the foxes; Turkish: Tilkiler)
  • Kizîron (lit. the shorts; Turkish: Kizirler)
  • Haydarlı
  • Ketiler
  • Sadakalar
  • Kızkapanlı (lit. with girl-catchers)
  • Karahasanlar
  • Karalar (lit. blacks)
  • Oxcon (Turkish: Ağcalar, lit. whites)
  • Turûşon (Turkish: Turuçlu)
  • Kabalar (lit. the rudes)
  • Mahkânlı

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Aksüt, Hamza (2009). Aleviler Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan: araştırma-inceleme (3 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 208–210. ISBN 9789759025618.
  2. ^ "Pazarcık'ın Kürd Köyleri". alevinet. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. ^ Niebuhr, Carsten (1778). C. Niebuhrs Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Copenhagen: Nicolaus Müller. p. 418. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ Çay, M. Abdulhalûk (1993). Her yönüyle Kürt dosyası. Boğaziçi Yayınları. p. 305. ISBN 9789754510782. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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