Shex-abdulqadr-barznji with his wife hapsa khany naqeb in1922 slemani. 0

Zazas Not to be confused with Zazi. The Zazas (also known as Kird, Kirmanc or Dimili)[7] are a people in eastern Turkey who traditionally speak the Zaza language. Their heartland consists of Tunceli and Bingöl provinces and parts of Elazığ, Erzincan and Diyarbakır provinces.[3] Zazas generally[8] consider themselves Kurds,[9][6][10][11] and are often described as Zaza Kurds by scholars.[7][12][13][14][15] Zazas Geographic distribution of Zaza speakers (darker green) among Iranian speakers[1] Total population 2 to 3 …

Mount Alfaf (Syriac: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܐܠܦܦ, ṭūrāʾ Alfaf), also known as Mount Maqlub (جبل مقلوب in Arabic), is a mountain in the Nineveh Plains region in northern Iraq. The mountain lies 30 km to the northeast of Mosul and some 15 km from Bartella. The largest town on the mountain is Mirki which is inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians.[1] Mount Alfaf Mount Maqlub, Ṭūrāʾ Alfaf View of the …

istory of Mesopotamia historical region, Asia  2-Min Summary Learn about the culture of Mesopotamia in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers An overview of Mesopotamia. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. history of Mesopotamia, history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world’s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a …

Mycenae (/maɪˈsiːniː/ my-SEE-nee;[2] Ancient Greek: Μυκῆναι or Μυκήνη, Mykē̂nai or Mykḗnē) is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south-west of Athens; 11 kilometres (7 miles) north of Argos; and 48 kilometres (30 miles) south of Corinth. The site is 19 kilometres (12 miles) inland from the Saronic Gulf and built upon a hill rising 900 feet (274 metres) above …

Idris Bitlisi (c. 18 January 1457[1] – 15 November 1520), sometimes spelled Idris Bidlisi, Idris-i Bitlisi, or Idris-i Bidlisi (“Idris of Bitlis“), and fully Mevlana Hakimeddin İdris Mevlana Hüsameddin Ali-ül Bitlisi, was an Ottoman Kurdish religious scholar and administrator. Even though many scholarly works mention Bitlis as Bitlisi’s place of birth, a new research states that he was actually born in the district of …

Kirkuk (ancient: Arrapha) At Ta’min Governorate. In Iraqi Kurdistan, near the Khasa River, 250 km north of Baghdad. The modern city and also the site of the ancient Hurrian and Assyrian capital of Arrapha, strategically located, of great importance to the Assyrians. Dates: Assyrian period, late 3rd and 2nd millenium BC; flourished …

Modern history of Kurdistan 1918: Sheikh Mahmoud Barzinji becomes governor of Suleimaniah under British rule. He and other Kurdish leaders who want Kurdistan to be ruled independently of Baghdad rebel against the British. He is defeated a year later. [1] 1923: The Treaty of Lausanne between Turkey and the allied …

Behistun Inscription and large rock relief on a cliff at Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran. This multilingual inscription was crucial to the decipherment of cuneiform script. 0

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