{{Short description|Kurdish tribe in Kurdistan Region, Iraq}} {{distinguish|text= The Belbas Village in Nepal}} '''Bilbas''' or '''Belbas''' ({{langx|Ku|هۆزی بڵباس|Bilbas}}) is a Kurdish tribe that currently resides in the Region of Kurdistan mostly in the Erbil Province.'''Bilbas''' is part of Rozhek Tribe
== History == The Bilbas originally were from Northwest Iran they inhabited the cities of: Sardasht, Mahabad, Urmia, Piranshahr<ref name=":7" /> and many more cities in the West Azerbaijan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Belbas tribe |url=https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/belbas-a-former-kurdish-tribal-confederacy-of-northwestern-iran-and-northeastern-iraq}}</ref> Besides Iranian Azerbaijan they also inhabitant Khorasan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=THE AGE OF 'ABBAS I AND THE SHAPING OF THE SAFAVID EMPIRE (1588–1666) |url=https://erenow.org/modern/iran-a-modern-history/3.php}}</ref> They also inhabit Turkish Kurdistan.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797838/page/n32/mode/1up?q=Bilbas |title=Notes on a Journey from Tabríz, Through Persian Kurdistán, to the Ruins of Takhti-Soleïmán, and from Thence by Zenján and Ṭárom, to Gílán, in October and November, 1838; With a Memoir on the Site of the Atropatenian Ecbatana |date=1840 |pages=32}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
The Bilbas were described to be the enemies of the Afshar tribe,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797838/page/n8/mode/1up?q=Bilbas |title=Notes on a Journey from Tabríz, Through Persian Kurdistán, to the Ruins of Takhti-Soleïmán, and from Thence by Zenján and Ṭárom, to Gílán, in October and November, 1838; With a Memoir on the Site of the Atropatenian Ecbatana |date=1840 |pages=8}}</ref> but Nader Shah did use them in his army to fight against the Turks.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Journal Asiatique |pages=95}}</ref>
The Bilbas have a huge role in Kurdish Nationalism in Iran, they participated in Sheikh Ubaydallah's rebellion in 1888, they Participated in Simko Shikak's rebellion in 1921, and they participated in the Republic of Mahabad in 1946 which soured relations with the Barzani tribe.<ref name=":0" />
In al-Majd's book he states "The Bilbas tribe is extremely numerous and brave, and great scholars have emerged from them, including my Sheikh, the distinguished and meticulous Ibrahim Al-Ramki.”<ref name=":3" />
The Biblas had a huge role in Kurdish history, because they fought against the Ottomans,<ref name=":9" /> Persians,Assyrian people<ref name=":0" />etc.<ref>{{Cite book |title=مێژووی هۆزی بڵباس |pages=15 |trans-title=History of the bilbas tribe}}</ref>
In the history of "jaha naksha naderi" he stated "The Bilbas are a large, numerous group. They are from the land of the Romans."<ref>{{Cite book |title=تاریخ جها نكشاي نادري}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://shamela.ws/book/498/164#p1 |title=تاریخ عشائر عراق |pages=١٦٤}}</ref>
The Bilbas were exiled to the regions of Sistan, and fought the Baluch for a period, and were victorious over them. Thus, their circumstances changed until they settled in Iraq. It is appropriate to consider the days of Sultan Suleiman as the date of their migration from their original homelands to Iraq, especially "Bilbas"<ref name="Rozhak_Hakkari" />
== Sister Tribe == {{Confusing|section|date=February 2025|reason=the Bilbas and a second tribe are referred to as both "are probably" and "are" branches from the same origin tribe, and that second tribe's name is spelled two different ways}} The Bilbas and The Mokri tribe have the same stock, and are probably two branches of the same tribe.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/tomesopotamiakur00soanuoft/page/375/mode/1up?q=Bilbas |title=To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in disguise : with historical notices of the Kurdish tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan |date=1914 |pages=375–376}}</ref>
The Bilbas and the Mokri are from the same tribe, the Rozhak<ref name="Rozhak_Hakkari">{{Cite book |url=https://shamela.ws/book/498/163#p1 |title=کتاب عشائر عراق |pages=١٦٣}}</ref>
The Mokri tribe consider the Bilbas tribe to be an offset (branch) of their own tribe.<ref name=":2" />
The Mokri rivaled the nearby Bilbas confederacy, though both were probably originally branches of one tribe.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eagleton |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RCE4AQAAIAAJ&q=Bilbas+pizhdar+tribe |title=An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings |date=1988 |publisher=Scorpion |isbn=978-0-905906-50-8 |language=en}}</ref>
== Sub-Tribes == The sub-tribes of the Bilbas are:
# Gewrik<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://shamela.ws/book/498/166 |title=کتاب عشائر العراق |pages=١٦٦ |trans-title=Book of the tribes of iraq}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/Othmanesmail1961_gmail_20180119_0450/page/n39/mode/1up |title=مێژووی هۆزی بلباس |pages=٣٧ |trans-title=History of the bilbas tribe}}</ref> # Balek<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=احمدی |first=کامیل |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cm0-EQAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84+%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%98%DA%A9%DB%8C&pg=PT46 |title=مقاومت زندگیست {{!}} خودزندگی نامۀ کامیل احمدی |publisher=Avaye Buf |isbn=978-87-94295-83-3 |page=45 |language=fa}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.noor-book.com/en/ebook-%D8%B4%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%95%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%95-%D9%85%DB%8E%DA%98%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%B5%DB%95-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%87%DB%95%DA%98%D8%A7%D8%B1-pdf |title=شەڕەفنامە |pages=474}}</ref> # Piran<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=الحسىن |first=سعىدىان، عبد |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5FQuAQAAIAAJ&q=%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84+%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3+%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C |title=سرزمىن و مردم ايران |date=2004 |publisher=علم و زندگى، |isbn=978-964-90052-7-0 |language=fa}}</ref> # Mangor<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |author-link=Martin van Bruinessen |url=https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/420970/ASS_Zed.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Agha, Shaikh and State: The Social and Political Structures of Kurdistan |pages=128}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> # Mamash<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7" /> # Ramk<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=kamal |first=rawaa |date=2024-06-05 |title=العلاقات العائلية لكورد موكريان وارومية مع ملكشاه ايلام |url=https://altaakhi.net/2024/06/97588/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=جريدة التآخي |language=ar}}</ref> # Kelechiri<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |author-link=Martin van Bruinessen |url=https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/420970/ASS_Zed.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Agha, Shaikh and State: The Social and Political Structures of Kurdistan |pages=200}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> # Bela Gurdi<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /> # khirbeli<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /> # Khiyarti<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /> # Kuri<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /> # Berishi<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /> # Sekri<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /> # Garisi<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /> # Biduri<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /> # Piwa # Bradost<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=نسخه قابل چاپ |url=https://rahmat92.blogsky.com/print/post-8 |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=rahmat92.blogsky.com}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-08 |title=پێوەندی بنەماڵەیی کوردانی موکریان و ئورمیه لهگهڵ مەلیکشاهی ئیلام |url=https://chawykurd.com/2024/04/08/%d9%be%db%8e%d9%88%db%95%d9%86%d8%af%db%8c-%d8%a8%d9%86%db%95%d9%85%d8%a7%da%b5%db%95%db%8c%db%8c-%da%a9%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%db%8c-%d9%85%d9%88%da%a9%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88-%d8%a6/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Chawy Kurd}}</ref> # Ako<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/20191025_20191025_2143/page/n17/mode/1up?q=%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3 |title=العشائر الكردية في العراق |pages=35}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> # Hormizyar<ref name=":10" /> # Shekak<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /> # Dilo However, it's important to note that the Gewrik considers themselves independent of the Bilbas<ref name=":3" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
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