Elbegli

Elbegli
Elbeyli
Regions with significant populations
 Turkey:
Kilis, Gaziantep, Sivas
 Syria: Aleppo
 Iran: Azerbaijan[1][2]
Languages
Turkish
Religion
Sunni Islam
Related ethnic groups
Turkish people, Syrian Turkmen, Azerbaijanis

Elbegli (Turkish: Elbeyli or İlbeyli) is a Turkoman tribe mainly residing in Kilis, Gaziantep, and Sivas provinces in Turkey.

History

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The tribe was mainly found around Sivas and Kemah before the Ottoman authorities resettled them near Sajur River[3] during the 17th[4] and 18th[5] centuries. In mid-18th century, Carsten Niebuhr noted that the Elbeglis were 2 thousand tents in total, one half dwelling near Sivas and the other near Aleppo.[6][1] They were noted to be living north of Tadef in Syria by Christian missionaries in 1862.[7] Throughout the 18th century, smaller communities of Elbegli appeared in the Ottoman records for the regions of Adana, Antakya, Latakia, and Harran.[8] The administrative divisions within the Ottoman Empire that Elbegli densely settled were named after the tribe. The Ottoman vilayet of Aleppo included Elbegli nahiyah[9] and Sivas vilayet included Elbegli kaza.[10] The Alimantar village and Elbeyli district of Kilis were later named in the honor of the tribe.[4]

Demographics

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In Sivas Province, Elbegli tribe inhabits the city of Sivas and 42 villages to the southwest of the city, towards Şarkışla.[11] There are also several other villages spread out in other parts of the province. There are 20 historically Elbegli-inhabited villages in Tokat. The tribe inhabits at least 15 villages in Kilis and 13 villages in Gaziantep. In Syria, there are 30 Elbegli-inhabited villages near the Turkish border as well as 68 villages that Elbegli settled but were Arabized, near Manbij and Raqqa. There are smaller numbers of Elbegli villages in the provinces of Yozgat, Kars, Iğdır, and Ordu.[8]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b Sevinç, Necdet (1983). Gaziantep'de yer adları ve Türk boyları, Türk aşiretleri, Türk oymakları (in Turkish). pp. 71–72. Güney Azerbaycan'da da İlbekli = İlbeğli adında bir Türk aşireti vardır.
  2. ^ Azer, San'an (1942). Iran Türkleri. Cumhuriyet Matbaası. p. 12.
  3. ^ İnan, Abdülkadir (1987). Makaleler ve incelemeler. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. p. 16. ISBN 9789751610300. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Nişanyan, Sevan. "Elbeyli". NişanyanYerAdları. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  5. ^ Özlü, Zeynel (2005). "TEREKELER IŞIĞINDA XVIII. YÜZYIL ORTALARINDA GAZİANTEP'TE AŞİRETLER". Abant İzzet Baysal University Journal of Social Sciences. 1 (10). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  6. ^ Niebuhr, Carsten (1778). C. Niebuhrs Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien und andern umliegenden Ländern. Copenhagen: Nicolaus Müller. p. 416. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  7. ^ Report of the Moslem Mission Society for the Year of Our Lord (2 ed.). London. 1862. p. 11. Retrieved 17 September 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ a b Pürlü, Kadir (24 August 2020). "Tarihi ve Kültürüyle Geçmişten Günümüze İlbeyli Aşireti". Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  9. ^ Hartmann, Martin (1894). Das liwa Haleb (Aleppo) und ein Teil des Liwa Dschebel Bereket. Berlin: W. Pormetter. p. 68. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  10. ^ Beyoğlu, Ağacan; Begliev, Aga Niiazi (2000). Türkmen boylarının tarih ve etnografyası. p. 58.
  11. ^ Dağdeviren, Musa (2022). "Sivas İli İlbeyli Türkmen Avazları Üzerine Yapısal ve Kültürel Analiz". Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi (in Turkish). 15 (40): 1343–1355. Retrieved 13 January 2023.