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Kurdish in turn emerged as a group within Northwest Iranian during the Medieval Period (roughly 10th to 16th centuries). [15] The Kurdish people are believed to be of heterogeneous origins, both from Iranian-speaking and non-Iranian peoples, [19] combining a number of earlier tribal or ethnic groups [J] including Lullubi, [21] Guti, [21] [22 ...
16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; Pages in category "16th-century Kurdish people" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
This is a list of Kurdish dynasties, countries and autonomous territories. The Kurds are an Iranian people without their own nation state, they inhabit a geo-cultural region known as "Kurdistan" which lies in east Turkey, north Syria, north Iraq and west Iran. (For more information see Origin of the Kurds.) [1] [2]
16th-century portrayal of the Safavid ruler Tahmasp I (r. 1524–1576), who made numerous attempts to integrate the Kurds into his kingdom. In 1508, the local rulers of Kurdistan acknowledged the suzerainty of the Safavids. [6]
Baban (Kurdish: بابان) [3] was a Kurdish principality existing from the 16th century to 1850, centered on Sulaymaniyah. The Baban Principality played an active role in the Ottoman - Safavid conflict and gave significant military support to the Ottomans. [ 4 ]
Amir Husain Al-Kurdi (Arabic: أمیر حسین الکردي, Kurdish: میر حوسێنی کوردی), named Mihir Hussain or Mir-Hocém or Mirocém [1] by the Portuguese, was a Kurdish governor of the city of Jeddah [2] in the Red Sea, then part of the Mamluk Sultanate, in early 16th century.
The Kurds are recognized as a people with a distinct language by Arab geographers such as Al-Masudi since the 10th century. [ 52 ] Many Kurds are either bilingual or multilingual , speaking the language of their respective nation of origin, such as Arabic, Persian , and Turkish as a second language alongside their native Kurdish, while those in ...
The Kurdish emirates, Kurdish chiefdoms or Kurdish principalities (Sorani Kurdish: میرنشینە کوردیەکان) were several semi-independent entities which existed during the 16th to 19th centuries during the state of continuous warfare between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran. [1]