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The '''Cyrtians''' or '''Kyrtians''' ([[ancient Greek]] (Κύρτιοι ''Kýrtioi'', [[Latin]] Cyrtii) were an ancient tribe in [[Greater Iran|historic Iran]] near [[Zagros Mountains]].<ref name="Asatrian">{{Cite journal |last=Driver |first=G. R. |date=1923 |title=The Name Kurd and Its Philological Connexions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25210074 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |issue=3 |pages=397 |issn=0035-869X |quote=The Cyrtii are mentioned by several classical authors as an Asiatic tribe who were, like the Kardûchi and the Kardakes, famous as slingers[…] The habits, therefore, and the locality of these people combine to connect them with the Kardûchi…}}</ref> Based on their name,<ref name=Asatrian/> it has been suggested that they may be ancestors of the [[Kurds]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cyrtians-gk|title=Encyclopædia Iranica {{!}} Articles|date=2011-04-29|access-date=2017-05-19|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429175533/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cyrtians-gk|archive-date=2011-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=(Berlin)|first=Brentjes, Burchard|title=Kyrtioi|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/der-neue-pauly/kyrtioi-e627070#|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Driver |first=G. R. |date=1923 |title=The Name Kurd and Its Philological Connexions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25210074 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |issue=3 |pages=393–403 |issn=0035-869X}}</ref> |
The '''Cyrtians''' or '''Kyrtians''' ([[ancient Greek]] (Κύρτιοι ''Kýrtioi'', [[Latin]] Cyrtii) were an ancient tribe in [[Greater Iran|historic Iran]] near [[Zagros Mountains]].<ref name="Asatrian">{{Cite journal |last=Driver |first=G. R. |date=1923 |title=The Name Kurd and Its Philological Connexions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25210074 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |issue=3 |pages=397 |issn=0035-869X |quote=The Cyrtii are mentioned by several classical authors as an Asiatic tribe who were, like the Kardûchi and the Kardakes, famous as slingers[…] The habits, therefore, and the locality of these people combine to connect them with the Kardûchi…}}</ref> Based on their name,<ref name=Asatrian/> it has been suggested that they may be ancestors of the [[Kurds]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cyrtians-gk|title=Encyclopædia Iranica {{!}} Articles|date=2011-04-29|access-date=2017-05-19|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429175533/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/cyrtians-gk|archive-date=2011-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=(Berlin)|first=Brentjes, Burchard|title=Kyrtioi|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/der-neue-pauly/kyrtioi-e627070#|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Driver |first=G. R. |date=1923 |title=The Name Kurd and Its Philological Connexions |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25210074 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |issue=3 |pages=393–403 |issn=0035-869X}}</ref> |
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The Cyrtians or Kyrtians (ancient Greek (Κύρτιοι Kýrtioi, Latin Cyrtii) were an ancient tribe in historic Iran near Zagros Mountains.[1] Based on their name,[1] it has been suggested that they may be ancestors of the Kurds.[2][3][4]
According to Rüdiger Schmitt,[5] they are a tribe dwelling mainly in the mountains of Atropatenian Media (Northern Zagros Mountains) together with the Cadusii, Amardi (or "Mardi"), Tapyri, and others (Strabo 11.13.3). Strabo characterized the Cyrtians living in Persia as migrants and predatory brigands.
In the Hellenistic period, they seem to have been in demand as slingers, for they fought as such for the Median satrap Molon in his revolt against King Antiochus III in 220 BC.[5]
It is suggested that the Cyrtians were not connected to the Carduchi (Cordyaei, Gordyaei, Karduchoi) and the like, who lived farther west.[5] According to Garnik Asatrian, Cyrtians were a collection of indigenous, non-Iranian tribes who only shared a nomadic lifestyle[6]
References
- ^ a b Driver, G. R. (1923). "The Name Kurd and Its Philological Connexions". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (3): 397. ISSN 0035-869X.
The Cyrtii are mentioned by several classical authors as an Asiatic tribe who were, like the Kardûchi and the Kardakes, famous as slingers[…] The habits, therefore, and the locality of these people combine to connect them with the Kardûchi…
- ^ "Encyclopædia Iranica | Articles". 2011-04-29. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ (Berlin), Brentjes, Burchard. "Kyrtioi".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Driver, G. R. (1923). "The Name Kurd and Its Philological Connexions". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (3): 393–403. ISSN 0035-869X.
- ^ a b c Schmitt, Rüdiger. "CYRTIANS". Center for Iranian Studies, Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ Potts, Daniel T. (2014). Nomadism in Iran: from antiquity to the modern era. Oxford New York: Oxford University press. ISBN 978-0-19-933079-9.