The Nanakali (Kurdish: نانەکەلی, Nanekelî; Persian: نانکلی, Nankoli) are a Kurdish tribe living mainly in Iran. They mostly live around Kermanshah, but also around Tehran. They speak Laki and were Yarsani.
History The Nanakali were historically Yarsani. Historical sources indicated that the Nanakali accompanied Nader Shah on his way back to Mashhad.Yari Religion in Iran, 2022, pp. 71, . In 1791–92, groups of Nanakali joined the army of Lotf Ali Khan along with the Mafi tribe.Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era, D. T. Potts, 2014, pp. 270, . In 1798, Ali Hemmat Khan and his brother Baba Khan of the Nanakali tribe were executed by Fath-Ali Shah Qajar after they supported Soleyman Khan, the pretender to the Iranian throne.Minorsky, V. (1997). "Sunḳur". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. & Lecomte, G. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume IX: San–Sze. Leiden: E. J. Brill. . The Nanakali tribe mainly lived around its traditional lands near Kermanshah, although they were also present in the region around Tehran. They were also considered a Lak tribe.Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era, D. T. Potts, 2014, pp. 270, . The "Nanakalivand" were mentioned in a list of the "Vand tribes".Veisi Ghlehglineh, F. and Pormohamadi Amlashi, N. (2022). Geo-strategic position of Kermanshahan in the dispute between the claimants of power in Iran after Nader Shah's death (From 1160 AH to 1176 AH). Journal of Historical Researches of Iran and Islam, 16(31), pp. 533. doi: 10.22111/jhr.2022.36723.3010. In the 19th century, the Nanakali were estimated at 700 tents.قلی پور,سیاوش . (1402). تبیین اشتراکات فرهنگی در زاگرس میانی (لرستان، ایلام و کرمانشاه). پژوهش های نوین در مطالعات علوم انسانی اسلامی, 2(4), pp. 172. doi: 10.22034/api.2024.710275.
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