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Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. ' land of the Kurds '; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ⓘ), [5] or Greater Kurdistan, [6] [7] is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population [8] and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. [9]
Kurdish-inhabited areas in the Middle East (1992) Maunsell's map of 1910, a pre-World War I British ethnographical map of the Middle East, showing the Kurdish regions in yellow (both light and dark) Kurdish (Kurdish: Kurdî or کوردی) is a collection of related dialects spoken by the Kurds. [50]
Kurdistan Region (KRI) [c] is a semi-autonomous federal region [d] of the Republic of Iraq. [13] [14] It comprises four Kurdish-majority governorates of Arab-majority Iraq: Erbil Governorate, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Duhok Governorate, and Halabja Governorate.
Kurdish-inhabited areas (according to CIA, 1992) [1] [2]. Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, romanized: Kurdistan, lit. ' land of the Kurds '; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn] ⓘ), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based.
The Kurdish leader Saladin along with his uncles Ameer Adil and Ameer Sherko, were joined by Kurdish fighters from the cities of Tigrit, Mosul, Erbil and Sharazur in a drive towards 'Sham' (today's Syria and Lebanon) in order to protect Islamic lands against crusader attack. The Kurdish King and his uncles ruled north Iraq, Jordan, Syria and ...
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan [1] (Kurdish: باشووری کوردستان, romanized: Başûrê Kurdistanê) [2] [3] [4] refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan in West Asia , which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey ( Northern Kurdistan ), northern ...
In our interconnected world of smart phones and social media, it is often hard to imagine that people can disconnect completely. However, isolated tribes exist all over the planet.
Flag of Kurdistan Kurdish-inhabited areas according to the CIA (1992). Kurdish nationalism (Kurdish: کوردایەتی, romanized: Kurdayetî, lit. 'Kurdishness or Kurdism') is a nationalist political movement which asserts that Kurds are a nation and espouses the creation of an independent Kurdistan from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.