 The tribe predominantly adheres to the Shafi'i school with many Naqshbandi and Qadiriyya followers.It originated in the year 1114 by Kurdish King Zaher Beg Jaff, other important leaders were Mohamed Pasha Jaff, Lady Adela, Osman Pasha Jaff and Mahmud Pasha Jaff, their ancestral home is Sherwana Castle.The Ottoman Empire bestowed on them the name Pasha, a noble title, in the 1700s.