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Kurdish tribes in Armenia and Georgia consist of Yazidis who arrived in Caucasus from the regions of Van, Kars and Dogubayazit during two main waves of migrations, the first wave taking place during the Russo-Ottoman wars of 19th century (1828–1829 and 1879–1882) and the second wave taking place during World War 1, especially during and after the Armenian genocide where Yazidis were also ...
As Persians of Kurdish ancestry and of a non-tribal background, the Safavids (...) Savory, Roger (2008). "Ebn Bazzāz". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. VIII. Fasc. 1. p. 8. This official version contains textual changes designed to obscure the Kurdish origins of the Safavid family and to vindicate their claim to descent from the Imams.
Bhutto family (2 C, 21 P) O. Öcalan family (1 C, 4 P) Z. Zangana (tribe) (8 P) Pages in category "Kurdish families" This category contains only the following page.
Several large scale Kurdish revolts in 1925, 1930 and 1938 were suppressed by the Turkish government and more than one million Kurds were forcibly relocated between 1925 and 1938. The use of Kurdish language, dress, folklore, and names were banned and the Kurdish-inhabited areas remained under martial law until 1946. [181]
The Kurdish King and his uncles ruled north Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Egypt for a short period. [S] [T] [159] Salah El Din in Syria, Ameer Sherko in Egypt and Ameer Adil in Jordan, with family members ruling most of the cities of today's Iraq. The Kurds built many monumental castles in the lands which they ruled, especially in what was called ...
The Jaff tribe, most official national archives and government documents write the name as: Jaf, Al Jaf, or Aljaf. In other countries, it may also appear as Jahf, Jaaf, or Caf ( Kurdish : جاف ). Jaff is the largest Kurdish tribe in the Middle East, it is also known as the Jaff clan, living in the borderlands of Iran and Iraq.
Sheylanli tribe (Kurdish: شیلانلی) [1] is a Kurdish tribe [2] [3] [4] who lived in the Sheylanli village, Lachin, [5] until it was occupied by Armenian troops. [6] [7] Due to the war, the Sheylanlis fled to Aghjabadi Rayon, Azerbaijan. [8] They speak the Kurmanji dialect of the Kurdish Language. [9]