Feyli (Kurdish tribe)

Feylis
فيلية Feyli

Feylis and their dialect
Regions with significant populations
The provinces of Lorestan, Ilam, Kermanshah in Iran. The provinces of Maysan, Diyala, Wasit in Iraq.
Languages
Lurish languages` dialects including: Feyli
Religion
Shi'a Islam, Yarsanism
Related ethnic groups
Lurs, other Iranian peoples

Feyli Lurs or Feylis (Feyli Lurish: لوره یل فه یلی) are a part of Lur people mainly live in Lorestan, Kermanshah and Ilam. The Safavid era historian, Mirza Muhammad Husein Mostowfi (1749 A.D), classified Feyli alongside Laki, Bakhtiari and Mamasani as four subgroup of Lurish people. Lurish is related to Indo Iranian language. Feyli lurs in Iraq live mainly in Maysan, Diyala, Wasit.

The territory inhabited by the Pahli/Fayli people was known as "Pahla" (meaning "Parthia") since the 3rd century AD, outside proper Parthia (or Khorasan Province) in Iran. The name "Pahla" was also used for the area by the early Muslims until the 13th century. Lurs have later captured the region of Ilam (old name: Pahlah) to replace it to Lorestan. Nowadays, Pahleh is a city in Ilam Province.

Feyli Lurs are a community living in Baghdad and the Diyala Province of Iraq around Mandali, and across the Iranian border, mainly in the provinces of Luristan and south of Ilam. The Fayli are an important community within the wider luri people. Faylee (Faylee, Faili, or Feli) Iraqi Lurs are part of the Lurish population in Iraq and an integral part of the Lurish nation, though others believe they are much more related to Persians. Faylee have themselves shown, over the years, and still show this fact and reality by words and deeds. They speak Feyli, a dialect that belongs to the Lurish language. Feyli is spoken particularly on both sides of the border areas between Iraq and Iran. In addition to their Feyli Lurish dialect, a special Lurish clothing distinguishes Feyli Lurs from other Lurish subgroups.