What is "kalhor"

Kalhor ( Kurdish: Kelhûr, ), also spelled as Kalhur, may refer to the following:

• Kalhor (tribe), a Kurdish tribe in Kermanshah Province
• Kalhor, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran
• Kalhor, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Kalhur, East Azerbaijan, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Kalhor, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran
• Kayhan Kalhor (1963- ), an Iranian kamancheh player
• Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor (1245 - 1310 AH. / 1829 - 1892 AD), a 19th-century Iranian calligrapher of Kurdish origin

Kalhor is a Kurdish tribe in the most southern part of Iranian Kurdistan.The tribe is described as the most powerful tribe mainly in the province of Kermānšāh and other parts of the region as “one of the most ancient, if not the most ancient, of the tribes of Kurdistan”. The Kelhors were already mentioned by Šaraf-al-Din Bedlisi in the late 16th century, according to whom, the chiefs of the Kalhor claimed to be descended from Gudarz, son of Giv (q.v.), a major hero in the Shahnameh

The majority of the Kalhors are Shiites, while others are followers of the Yarsanism.