Geography
The Nochiya Tribal Region is unique in that it spreads over into three countries: Turkey, Iran and Iraq. The reason for this is that the Nochiya Tribe predates these international borders. The Turkey-Iran border created in 1515 after the Battle of Chaldiran split the Targawar, Bagzadeh and Margawar Clans away from the Şemdinli district, this natural extension of the Zagros mountain range, overnight, became part of Iran. The Turkey-Iraq border cut away the Bradost and Sherwan Clans from Shamizdin in 1926, with the signing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement.
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