Stone Hotel: Former Iraqi King’s Favorite Resort in Kurdistan Renovated ERBIL — A historical hotel in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province, where once was the favorite resort for a former Iraqi King, has been renovated to boost tourism in the area. The Stone Hotel of Sarsang was built in 1951 and, …

  Considered one of the oldest dams in the world, Jirwana dam is located five kilometres to the east of Shekhan district and ten kilometres from ‘Khanis’ remains in Duhok province, Kurdistan Region. The architectural design of the dam is something that attracts instant attention due to its creativeness and …

KURDISH TRIBES. Kurdish tribes are found throughout Persia, eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq, but very few comprehensive lists of them have been published. The one most often cited is that of François Bernard Charmoy, which was based on the Šaraf-nāma by the 16th-century Kurdish historian Šaraf-al-Din Bedlisi (q.v.; I, pp. …