Cyrtians

Tribe in historic Persia near Mount Zagros

The Cyrtians or Kyrtians (Ancient Greek: Κύρτιοι, romanized: Kýrtioi, Latin: Cyrtii) were an ancient tribe in historic Iran near the Zagros Mountains. Based on their name, it has been suggested that they may be ancestors of the Kurds or the source of the ethnonym Kurd.