Zebari Kurds
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Zebari also spelled as Zibari, Zubari, Kurdish: Zêbarî is name of a large Kurdish
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...

 group in northernmost part of Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...

 close to the area where Barzani
Barzani Kurds
The Barzani tribe is one of the most prominent Kurdish tribes in Kurdistan.The origin of the word Barzani is connected by scholars to the ancient Hurrian god Barzani. The sheikhs of Barzan are descendants of Imadia princes. Their grandfather, Massoud, moved to the village of Nafneka, near Barzan,...

 and Muzuri
Muzuri Kurds
Muzuri , is name of a Kurdish group, inhabiting the northernmost areas of Iraqi Kurdistan. It is located to the west of Margavar and is close to the Zebari and Barzani areas.In Assyrian records the region is mentioned as land of Musri or ....

 (Missuri or Musri) Kurds have historically inhabited. The traditional district of Zebari is the middle Upper Zab
Great Zab
The Great Zab , , , ) is an approximately long river flowing through Turkey and Iraq. It rises in Turkey near Lake Van and joins the Tigris in Iraq south of Mosul. The drainage basin of the Great Zab covers approximately , and during its course, the rivers collects the water from a large number...

 and the mountain range located to the east of the area.

A renowned member of Zebari Kurds is Hoshyar Zebari
Hoshyar Zebari
Hoshyar Zebari is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a masters degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan...

current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq.
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