Muzuri Kurds


The Muzuri مزووری; also spelled Mezuri, Missouri, Missuri, Musri, Mzuri or Mzwri) are a Kurdish group inhabiting the northernmost areas of Iraqi Kurdistan. They live to the west of Margavar and. Muzuri is one of the oldest Kurdish tribes in Kurdistan. The tribe first time mentioned by Sharafkhan Bidlisi in his book Sharafnama in 1597. Muzuri tribe mentioned by Evliya Çelebi in his travelogue called the Seyahatname in 1638, and mentioned by Mark Sykes in 1909, Also mentioned by the Kurdish historian Zaki in his book in 1931..Mostly settled in Erbil and Dohuk provinces. Pendro is one of the largest villages inhabited by the Muzuri clan.