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  Kingdom of Kurdistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the 10th October, 1921, a statement was issued in Sulaymaniya, the capital of Kurdistan, to establish a Kurdish government.
The army of the Kingdom of Kurdistan was called the Kurdish National Army.
The second Kingdom of Kurdistan was attempted in southeastern Turkey in 1925 and only lasted 3 months before being put down by the Turkish army.
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 Kurdistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kurdistan (literally meaning "the land of Kurds") [7] is the name of a geographic region and a cultural region in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Syria inhabited by Kurds.
The tract to this day known as Kurdistan, the high mountain region south and south-east of Lake Van between Persia and Mesopotamia, was in the possession of Kurds from before the time of Xenophon, and was known as the country of the Carduchi, as Cardyene or Cordyene.
Due to political crises and conflicts in Kurdistan, Kurdistan is one of the most militarized region on the earth; so that all of those countries which have Kurdistan under political border, have focused their military forces and operations in the region.
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 Encyclopedia: Kurdistan
Kurdistan (literally meaning "the land of Kurds") is both the name of a geographic region and a cultural region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds, an ethnic group of unknown origins 1 living in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Syria.
Kurdistan is an area in the Middle East, inhabited mainly by the Kurds.
The borders of Kurdistan are hard to define, as none of the states in question acknowledge Kurdistan as a demographical or geographical region.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kurdistan   (1669 words)

  
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Kurdistan consists basically of the mountainous areas of the central and northern Zagros, the eastern one-third of the Taurus and Pontus, and the northern half of the Amanus ranges.
While all larger Kurdish Kingdoms of the west gradually lost their existence to the Romans, in the east they survived into the 3rd century A D and the advent of the Sasanian Persian empire.
Northern and western Kurdistan were to be given choice of independence by the Treaty of Sevres(August 10, 1920) which dismantled the defunct Ottoman Empire, but instead they were awarded to the newly established Republic of Turkey under the term of the Treaty of Lausanne (June 24, 1923).
www.kurdiskarf.org /opp/wene/svensk/engelska.htm   (3363 words)

  
 Kurdistan - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kurdistan is an area in the Middle East, inhabited mainly by the Kurds, covering parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Georgia and Syria.
Its borders are hard to define, as none of the states in question acknowledge Kurdistan as a demographic or geographical region, but it is generally held to include those regions with large Kurdish populations.
The Kurdistan Province in Iran and the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq are both included in the usual definition of Kurdistan.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /kurdistan.htm   (971 words)

  
 Kurdistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
While all larger Kurdish Kingdoms of the west gradually lost their existence to the Romans, in the east they survived into the 3rd century A D and the advent of the Sasanian Persian empire.
Kurdistan consists basically of the mountainous areas of the central and northern Zagros, the eastern one-third of the Taurus and Pontus, and the northern half of the Amanusranges.
Kurdistan is economically the most depressed part of Turkey, and its society is the most conservative, most procreative, least educated, and least integrated portion of the otherwise European Turkey.
www.megaone.com /kasimmuk/kurdistan.htm   (5241 words)

  
 Kurdistan’s need for Further Education e - Special Reports - The Kurdistan Times.net
In Kurdistan there are more opportunities for external and internal companies to invest in the area, as it is a secure enough region to rebuild.
What Kurdistan needs to do now is to educate its workforce and the whole society, to educate the disadvantaged people living in rural areas, and those who remain from the Anfal campaign.
Because this predicament applies to the majority of people in Kurdistan, I believe the role of the Government is to create a Ministry or a Department for Education and Skills, which is responsible for setting up institutions or colleges to serve this purpose and to equip it with the right resources.
hkmg.net /KURDISTANTIMES/sp/kurdistansneed.html   (1866 words)

  
 Kurdish people - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Kurdish Kingdom of Corduene became a province of the Roman Empire in 66 BCE and was under Roman control for four centuries until 384 CE.
It was situated to the east of Tigranocerta [15] (i.e., to the east and south of present-day Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey).
The Kurdish Kingdom of Adiabene converted to Judaism in the course of the 1st century BC, along with, a large number of Kurdish citizens in the kingdom [23].
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Kurdish_people   (3674 words)

  
 Pictures of Kurdistan | My wonderfull Kurdistan
The ancient Sumerians referred to it as Kur-a, Gutium, or Land of Karda, the Elamites as Kurdasu, the Akkadians as Kurtei, the Assyrians as Kurti, the Babylonians as Qardu, the Greeks and the Romans as Corduene.
Although Kurdistan is regarded as a region rich in oil and other minerals, in comparison to the central parts of respective governments, it is largely undeveloped, with the exception of Iraqi Kurdistan.
The plateaus and mountains of Kurdistan, which are characterized by heavy rainfall and in winter a heavy coat of snow, are a water reservoir for the Near and Middle East.
www.freewebs.com /kurdistan_hawler/aboutkurdistan.htm   (1493 words)

  
 ناسر سه فه ری: ناسر سه ...
The lands of the landowners who had fled Kurdistan and gone to collaborate with the Tehran Government were distributed to the Kurdish peasants and to the Barzani families who had found refuge in Mahabab from the persecutions of the Iraqi Government.
In 1968-69, the armed conflict was rife in Iranian Kurdistan and the period ended in a bath of blood with the massacre of the Kurdish leaders - and yet, even then, Kurdish resistance managed to raise its head again.The vice-like grip in which the Shah's armies were trying to hold it had to be broken.
When the situation deteriorated in Iraqi Kurdistan during the years 1929-1930, and while he was in the prime of his youth, he went to Mosul in the company of Majid Mustafa (a former Iraqi minister) and then to Baghdad to meet king Faisal the first.
www.freewebs.com /naser4u/kurdandkurdistan.htm   (9555 words)

  
 Kurdistan Observer
My point here is The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) should NOT allow the “failed Asylum Seekers” to be forced back home on flights arranged by the IOM, on behalf of The United Kingdom to North Iraq.
It is my understanding that all other European Countries are happy to have scheduled flights to Kurdistan with the exception of the United Kingdom.
If Kurdistan’s air zone is not secure enough to fly British airplanes, the same rule should apply for special chartered Home Office (IOM) airplanes with asylum seekers.
kurdistanobserver.servehttp.com /may2006/27-5-06-opinion-aram-abused-assylum-seekers.htm   (398 words)

  
 Kurdish people information - Search.com
The Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK), also known as KADEK and Kongra-Gel, is a militant organization, dedicated to creating an independent Kurdish state in a territory (sometimes referenced as Kurdistan) that consists of parts of southeastern Turkey, northeastern Iraq, northeastern Syria and northwestern Iran.
The largest Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north Khorasan, in north-eastern Iran.
The Kurdish Kingdom of Adiabene converted to Judaism in the course of the 1st century BC, along with, a large number of Kurdish citizens in the kingdom
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 60th anniversary of the Kurdish Republic of 1946   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kurdistan of Iran on the other hand was under the UK and Soviet influence.
In Kurdistan the land reform and workers demand were not taken so much into consideration as in their neighboring Azerbaijan, national unity was more on the agenda.
Southern part of Iranian Kurdistan was under the British influence and by no means they would encourage Kurdish nationalism and self-determination, therefore the KDP had little influence and by the same token, modern Kurdish nationalism in the south did not grow as strong as in the north.
www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=11338   (2411 words)

  
 Kurdistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Its borders are hard to define, as none of the states in question acknowledge Kurdistan as a demographic or geographic region, but it is generally held to include the regions with large Kurdish populations.
Northern Kurdistan is a geocultural region located in present-day southeastern Turkey.
Western Kurdistan or Syrian Kurdistan ("Kurdistana Binxetê" in Kurdish) is a geocultural region located in present-day north-eastern Syria.
copernicus.subdomain.de /Kurdistan   (2137 words)

  
 KDC | Welcome
The Kurdistan Region enjoys a level of peace and stability not seen in the rest of Iraq and is fast becoming the commercial gateway to the whole country.
Ms Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan Regional Government High Representative to the UK and Chairman of KDC, said: "For KDC to have secured a partnership with one of the largest and most highly regarded real estate and logistics companies in Kuwait, if not the whole region, is a significant milestone in the development of Kurdistan.
Kurdistan Development Corporation (KDC), a partnership with the Kurdistan Regional Government, is an investment holdings and trading company with offices in London, Berlin and Erbil, Kurdistan.
www.kurdistancorporation.com /NREC.html   (467 words)

  
 Welcome to my homepage. Naser Safari from Kurdistan (Kermashan)
Sharafkandi was born on January 1st, 1938, in the Bokan region of Iranian Kurdistan.
{‘Peshmarga’ in Kurdish implies, ‘those who are ready to face death for Kurdistan’:  The Republic’s red, white and green flag was emblazoned with a sun surrounded by corns of wheat with a quill in the middle; the sun for freedom, the quill to underline the importance of education.
Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), was born on 22 December 1930 in Ourmiah, Kurdistan.  He went to university in Paris and later Czechoslovakia, had a Doctorate in economics and was an associate professor, having taught in Prague and Paris.
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 KDC | Welcome
Brother of Tahsin Ma'lla, one of the founders of the Iraqi National Accord with Iyad Allawi; was administrative director at Foreign Ministry, then became director of the office of Foreign Minister in the mid-1990s.
He headed the KDP public relations department 1974-1975 in Iraqi Kurdistan during which time he was the late General Barzani's interpreter In 1976, he gained the highest vote in the Re-establishment Conference of the KDP provisional leadership in Berlin and became a member of the KDP Working Committee for Europe.
Member of the Politburo of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, director of its office in Damascus ; returned to Iraq after fall of regime and became director of party in Baghdad ; Syrian citizen.
www.kurdistancorporation.com /government_iraq_ambassadors.htm   (912 words)

  
 Footnotes to History- K and L
Kurdistan, Kingdom of- In 1922, Britain's hold on the Kurdish region of northern Iraq was shaky at best.
Rebels moved freely over much of the region, Turkish troops were moving across the border, and Iranian Kurds were flooding in in the aftermath of a failed rebellion against the Shah.
Another Kingdom of Kurdistan was declared at Palu in southern Turkey in February of 1925.
www.buckyogi.com /footnotes/natkl.htm   (5933 words)

  
 Middle East Information - MEIC Issues and analysis of the Middle East: Conflicts, News, History, Religions and ...
There are no accurate statistics about the Christian population in Kurdistan, but some estimates indicate that there are over 250,000 to 400,000.
Lock the doors for extremist Assyrians that have destructed Kurdistan in the past and now are eating shitting from it's wealth achived by millions of Kurds that have been killed for their own freedom.
Kurdistan and Assyria are brothers and sisters - we are neighbours and we should use our MIND and LOGIC not our HATE and ANGER...
www.middleeastinfo.org /forum/index.php?showtopic=13683&view=getlastpost   (2272 words)

  
 HISTORY
Kurds and their history are the end products of thousands of years of continuous internal evolution and assimilation of new peoples and ideas intro- duced sporadically into their land.
In the east the Kurdish kingdoms of Gordyene, Cortea, Media, Kirm, and Adiabene had, by the I st century B C, become confederate members of the Parthian Federation.
Drawing of well-guarded state boundaries dividing Kurdistan has, since 1921, aMicted Kurdish society with such a degree of fragmentation, that its impact is tearing apar the Kurds' unity as a nation.
www.xs4all.nl /~tank/kurdish/htdocs/facts/history.html   (1620 words)

  
 Kurdistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Perhaps the most unique and striking feature in the historical development of the Medes and the Kurds was the advent of their religion, a very early form of Zoroastrianism.
Zoroaster also taught that "one who embodies all truth" would be born of a virgin and would become the eternal King of Kings, bringing justice for the oppressed and finally putting an end to the Lie and all its horrible consequences.
Ultimately, there would be a resurrection of the dead to judgment and an everlasting "new day," a strikingly similar concept to the Bible's teaching on the Kingdom of God.
www.itnet.org /kurdhistory.html   (492 words)

  
 The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq | O'Leary, Brendan, John McGarry, and Khaled Salih, Editors
The viewpoints present analyses of the Transitional Administrative Law of Iraq and Kurdistan's preferred vision of a pluri-national federation, of appropriate lessons from Canadian federative history, of the constraints facing the negotiators of Iraq's permanent constitution, and of the status of children in constitutional renewal.
Khaled Salih, born in Sulaimania, Kurdistan, is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Southern Denmark.
A specialist in Middle East politics, he was a consultant for the Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council, served in Kurdistan as a constitutional advisor to the Kurdistan National Assembly and Regional Government, and is currently Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region.
www.upenn.edu /pennpress/book/14152.html   (904 words)

  
 Kurdish nation
Medeans were followed by scores of other kingdoms and city-states Qall dominated by Aryan aristocracies and a populace that was becoming IndoEuropean, Kurdish speakers if not so already.
The Hurrians-whose name survives now most prominently in the dialect and district of Hawraman/Awraman in Kurdistan- divided into many clans and subgroups, who set up city-states, kingdoms and empires known today after their hective clan names.
For one last time a large Kurdish kingdom the Zand, was born in 1750.
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At one point the Kurdish leader Mahmood al- Hafeed declared the Kingdom of Kurdistan centered in Suleimani.
The Kurds were able to run their own affairs free from the tyranny and brutality of Saddam’s regime who continued to rule the center and south of Iraq with an iron fist.
Arab Nationalists and fundamentalists are calling Kurds Zionists, and Kurdistan another Israel or the Den of Devil referring to their collaboration with Americans in the latest war.
www.klawrojna.com /English/AGenuineKurdishVoice.html   (1856 words)

  
 Republic of Kurdistan - postglobalinbox
The present KRG Kurdistan government in Iraq is a very "realist" government having witnessed the fate of the 1946 republic and the hanging of 1946 republic president Qazi Muhammad by Iranian regime.
The stability under KRG Kurdistan government and the yes vote in the unofficial referendum for Independence in Northern Iraq clearly show that the Kurds are ready 100% for Independence.
The Mitanni of 1500 BC in Kurdistan influenced the Arabs to the extent that Arabs refer to city and civilization by the borrowed and foreign term Medine/Madani (i.e.
blog.washingtonpost.com /postglobalinbox/2006/08/republic_of_kurdistan.html   (17725 words)

  
 Iraq - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Iraq
In 1932 Iraq became a fully independent kingdom, but until World War II Iraq's increasing formal autonomy masked a continued political and military control by Britain.
In 1933 the reigning king, Faisal I, died and was succeeded by his son Ghazi; the leading figure behind the throne was the strongly pro-Western general Nuri el-Said, who was prime minister 1930–58.
Under an agreement approved by the UN in December 1996, Iraq was allowed to resume limited exports of oil to world markets for the first time since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Iraq   (4111 words)

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