It is the birthplace of Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani. There is large extended family of several thousand people whom are all called Barzani. They speak in Kurmancî dialect of Kurdish. The Kurds are an ethnolinguistic group inhabiting parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey (a contiguous region commonly referred to as Kurdistan). ... Mustafa Barzani (March 14, 1903–March 1, 1979) was a Kurdish nationalist leader and President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). ... Barzani may refer to: The Barzani Kurds of Iraqi Kurdistan Asenath Barzani, a renowned Jewish-Kurdish woman Ayoub Barzani Idris Barzani Mesud Barzani Mustafa Barzani Nechirvan Barzani This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Kurdish (Kurdî) is an Indo-Iranian language spoken in the region loosely called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. ...