Mangur (tribe)

Mangur is one of the largest Kurdish tribes of northwestern Iran and has a minor presence in northern Iraq.

The relationship between these six ancestral mothers is vague and unclear though traditionally they are believed to be either sister-wives or biological sisters.

[11] In the winter of 1928-29 the Mangur, the Mâmash and other tribes rebelled against Reza Shah and occupied Sardasht though they lacked the forces to extend the revolt more widely.

[14] Pre-marital romance was tolerated by the Mangurs, as well as other Bolbas tribes, although it was almost always expected the couple soon formally marry or elope.

This caused conflict with the surrounding settled-feudalistic Mokri tribe,[15] whom measured a woman's honor in “delicacy and modesty” rather than “strength and stubbornness,” who promoted the ban of this practice.