Sagarthians are one of the better-known clans of the Indo-European-speaking Iranic Aryans who settled in Kurdistan about 2,600 years ago. They aided army of Cyaxares, Median King, in capturing Nineveh.
Some cooenct them to the 'Zikirti' mentioned by Assyrian King Sargon.
Today, the Kurdish tribes of Zangana and Chigini can trace their ancestry to these ancient settlers who have also imparted their name to the Zagros mountains.