Zazaca Öğren

The Feud Between Nyêrib and Hyêni

A feud story beginning with a man from Nyêrib killing a servant on Hyêni land, escalating into a battle between Xalef Agha and Daqma Bey, and ending through mediation by the Ziriki aghas.

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The Feud Between Nyêrib and Hyêni

Content warning

violence; death

People mentioned

Xalef Agha; Daqma Bey; Temir Beg; Mela Haseynê Mûğara; Wesman Agha; Mêhmêt Agha; Ziriki aghas; Bayraktar.

Historical context

Hyêni/Hêni corresponds to Hani/Khini in outside sources, and Nyêrib/Nerib corresponds to Kuyular/Nerib in nineteenth-century place-name material for Hani. The army gathering in front of Temir Beg's house is important: this is most likely Timur/Temir Bey, documented as a Hani notable in 1819, as Hani emin in 1835, and exiled after defeat that same year. This points to a likely event window of 1819-1835.

Research note

The Nyêrib/Kuyular and Hyêni/Hani identifications are externally supported. Little Nyêrib probably refers to a smaller settlement in the Nêrib village cluster around Hani; Dûzê Hemyê appears to be a plain or locality in the same area.

Places mentioned

  • Nyêrib/Nerib (Kuyular)
  • Hyêni/Hêni/Khini (Hani)
  • Dawz/Cauz/Cewzê (Gürbüz)
  • Deştê Henzi (Henzi Ovası)
  • Küçük Nyêrib (Nerib hattındaki küçük köy; modern karşılığı kesinleşmedi)
  • Dûzê Hemyê (Hani/Nerib çevresinde mevki; modern adı kesinleşmedi)

Russian original edition

Lerch, Peter Ivanovich. Izsledovaniia ob iranskikh kurdakh i ikh predkakh, severnykh khaldeiakh. Vol. 1. St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1856. Story on the Nerib-Hyeni feud, printed pp. 108-116.

Pages: Russian RGO viewer images 122-130; printed pp. 108-116.

Primary scan witness for Lerch's Zazaki transcription and Russian free translation.

German edition / reprint scan

Lerch, Peter. Forschungen über die Kurden und die iranischen Nordchaldäer. Abth. 1. St. Petersburg: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1857. Story 'Fehde zwischen Nerib und H'yeni,' pp. 71-79.

Pages: Internet Archive scan pages n114-n122; printed pp. 71-79.

Used for the German free translation and as a second scan witness for the Zazaki transcription.

Bingöl University thesis transcription

Aslanoğulları, Mehmet. Lerch'in Zazaki Derlemelerinin Çevrimyazımı ve Türlerine Göre Sözcüklerin Tahlili. Master's thesis, Bingöl Üniversitesi, 2014.

Pages: PDF pp. 56-64; story heading "Qewğê Nêrib û Hêni."

Secondary transcription witness used during alignment and review. The transcription text is cited here but is not reproduced in the Interlinear view.