Badinan Emirate — Badinan or Bahdinan,(1376 1843) was one of the more powerful and enduring Kurdish principalities. It was founded by Baha al Din originally from Şemzînan area in Hakkari in sometime between 13th or 14th century CE. The capital of this emirate was… … Wikipedia
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Kurmanji — Northern Kurdish Spoken in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, neighboring countries Native speakers unknown (4.0 million in Turkey cited 1980) 2.8 million in Iraq (2004) 2.5 million elsewhere (1988–2004) … Wikipedia
Badinan District — Badinan (Kurdish: Bahdînan ) is a district in the north of Southern Kurdistan region in Iraq. It was the center of the Kurdish principality of Badinan from 14th to 19th century. The primary Kurdish dialect spoken in Badinan is a form of Northern… … Wikipedia
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Kurdistan — /kerr deuh stan /; Pers. /koohrdd di stahn /, n. 1. a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km). 2. any of several types of rugs woven by the Kurds of Turkey or Iran … Universalium
Barzan — The eponymous home of the Barzanis, Barzan is a remote old mountainous and economically marginal village in the upper regions of what is today northern Iraq just south of the present Turkish border on the edge of Mt. Shirin and on the left… … Historical Dictionary of the Kurds
Bedir (Badr) Khan Beg — (c. 1800 1868) Bedir Khan became the mir of the emirate of Botan (capital Cizre) in what is today southeastern Turkey around 1820. He has been described as brave, charming, pious, ambitious, and reckless and is still considered by many Kurds… … Historical Dictionary of the Kurds
Christians — Indigenous Christian minorities remain living among the Kurds who historically dominated most of them. At times, these Christians have also come into conflict with their Muslim neighbors, and in modern times they have been used as a fifth… … Historical Dictionary of the Kurds
