Welcome to the Berzerî archive

This site is the public archive of Berzerî (Berzeri) — a babik of the Miran tribe, also known as Kocher Miran.

In Kurmanji the lineage unit is called babik (also written baivk or tîre); in Sorani, تیرە. It names a branch within a larger tribal confederation, not a modern nation-state identity.

Name and place

The name Berzerî comes from Berê Zer — in Kurdish, “yellow stones” or “yellow lands.” Among the Miran, families and babiks were often named for the geography of the zozan (summer pastures) where they regularly resettled, rather than for a single ancestor alone.

The family’s principal homeland is Kocer, around Derik (Al-Malikiyah) in Rojava, northeast Syria. Part of the family also lives in villages on the Iraqi side of the border.

What you will find here

• Family tree — a male-line genealogy rooted at Ali Ramo, presented by given name
• Journal — notes, historical images, and short records connected to the family and its wider nomad memory
• About — a concise account of name, tribe, and place

The primary language of the archive is Kurmanji. English, Arabic, and Sorani are maintained in parallel where possible.

How to read this archive

This is a family record, not a finished ethnography: careful about names, open about what is still incomplete, and arranged so relatives and researchers can move through the material with clarity.

If you have a correction, a missing name, a photograph, or a document that belongs with this lineage, use the contact page. Precise details — a person’s name, their father’s name, generation, or village — help place material correctly.