Zebari Kurds

Zebari Kurds

Zebari Kurds also spelled as "Zibari, Zubari", Kurdish: "Zêbarî" is name of a large Kurdish group in northernmost part of Iraqi Kurdistan close to the area where Barzani and Muzuri (Missuri or Musri) Kurds have historically inhabited. The traditional district of Zebari is the middle Upper Zab and the mountain range located to the east of the area.

A renown member of Zebari Kurds is Hoshyar Zebari current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq.


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