- Shabankara
Shabankareh (other spellings: Shabankara, Shwankara) was name of an ancient Kurdish tribal federation in southern Zaghros [The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East, 500 B.C; Peter Christensen, page: 316, Published 1993, Museum Tusculanum Press, 351 pages, ISBN 8772892595] . They were powerful during Sassanid era as well as in Middle Ages. Today a Kurdish clan by this name exists just nowthwest of Kirmanshahan.
origins
Some historical documents such as "Fars-nama"(ca. 1107 CE) and "Maslik al-absar" of "al-Umari" do not consider "Shabankareh" as Kurdish and differentiate between "Shabankareh" and Kurds Fact|date=August 2007. The Kurdish history of "Sharafnama" (written by "Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi" in 16th century), does not mention "Shabankareh" among the Kurdish dynasties [ [http://www.encislam.brill.nl/data/EncIslam/C4/COM-0544.html] Dead link|date=February 2008] .
Some modern scholars are of the opinion that the Kurds mentioned in Islamic and Persian sources as living in south and southwest Persia (Fars) were probably not true Kurds, but
nomadic tribes speaking southwest Iranian dialects related to modernLuri and Persian [John Limbert, "The origins and appearance of the Kurds in pre-Islamic Iran", Iranian Studies, Vol. 1, No.2, pp.41-51, Spring 1968, p.48]History
assanid era
According to
Dehkhoda Dictionary ,Ardashir I was the son of a Kurdish mother from "Shabankareh" tribe in theFars Province ["Dehkhoda Dictionary ," byDehkhoda .Library of Congress Title: "Lughatʹnāmah / taʾlīf-i Dihkhudā ; [zīr-i naẓar-i Muḥammad Muʻīn] ". Library of Congress Call Number: AE36 .D4 Pers. Entry for (کرد).] . It is even recorded that Ardavan lastParthian King addressed Ardashir as "a Kurd, Born in the tent of Kurds and raised with Kurds".Post-Islamic period
In 11th century one of Shabankareh leaders ruled most of Fars region in southern Zagros.After collapse of Seljukids Shabankara ruled again the area with Shahre-Idj as their capital. In Ilkhanid era they ruled Shabankareh province centered at Darabgird. [The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East, 500 B.C; Peter Christensen, page: 316, Published 1993, Museum Tusculanum Press, 351 pages, ISBN 8772892595]
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