The Socio-political History of Poshtkoh during the Fili Rulers

The Fili rulers came to power in the year 1006(HQ) on an order issued by Shah Abbas. They managed to rule all Lorestan of Pishkoh and Poshtkoh up to early Qajar period. During this time, Fatali Shah of Qajar brought Pishkoh under the control of the central government and restricted them to Poshtkoh region which they ruled until 1307(H.SH). In this year, Poshtkoh was conquered by the forces of the central government and Gholamreza Khan , the last ruler of Poshtkoh was peacefully banished to Iraq putting an end to the rule of Fili rulers of Poshtkoh and Pishkoh. The moving tribes and the ethnic groups living there were called Fili simply because of the rule of the Fili rulers of the region. The Filis are divided into three main dialectal groups of Lor, Lak and Kurd. The Lors and Laks live in the Pishkoh of Lorestan and the Fili Kurds live in Poshtkoh and eastern regions of Iraq. Almost half of the current Fili Kurds of Iraq are the main residents of eastern Iraq who were driven there when border demarcation took place between Iran and the Ottoman Empire during Safavid period. This research work attempts to study the socio-political conditions of Fili Kurds of Poshtkoh and will try to determine the reasons of their immigration to Iraq.