Kürt Tarihinde Garzan ve Pencinarîler

“…However, society is a whole. In particular, historical events and facts require evaluation in this integrity and by taking into account the conditions and value judgments of the period in which the events occurred. This is a necessity to understand the historical process properly. In this sense, tribe and tribal history cannot and should not be kept separate from Kurdish history in general.”

It is a fact that the phenomenon of tribe has a great role and function in Kurdish history. Tribes were very active in certain periods of Kurdish history and it is not possible to ignore them in the writing of Kurdish history. Researching the tribes that are a part of the Kurdish national history one by one and writing their stories on a micro scale is also possible through field research and oral history studies.

The book you have, " Garzan and Pencinarîs in Kurdish History ", written by Nezîrê Cibo, deals with the roles, betrayals and rebellions played in the Erzen/Xerzan/Garzan region of Northern Kurdistan within the framework of the Kurdish national struggle. The book, enriched with written sources and oral narratives, is a candidate to open the dark pages of the history of Kurdistan.