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This article briefly introduces a list of better known Kurdish historical sites (Kurdish: Asewari mêjûyi Kurdan). Apart from Kurdish historical sites within Kurdistan, non-Kurdish sites within Kurdistan, and Kurdish sites outside of Kurdistan are also included.
Castles have been built in Kurdistan since ancient times, but most Kurdish castles were built in the Middle Ages by various Kurdish states, such as the Ayyubids, Zands and the Soran Emirate. A Kurdish castle is a castle which was built by Kurds or built under a Kurdish dynasty (this includes castles in which the builders were most likely Kurds).
This is a list of Kurdish dynasties, countries and autonomous territories.The Kurds are an Iranian people without their own nation state, they inhabit a geo-cultural region known as "Kurdistan" which lies in east Turkey, north Syria, north Iraq and west Iran.
Kurdish-inhabited areas in the Middle East (1992) Maunsell's map of 1910, a pre-World War I British ethnographical map of the Middle East, showing the Kurdish regions in yellow (both light and dark) Kurdish (Kurdish: Kurdî or کوردی) is a collection of related dialects spoken by the Kurds. [50]
A list of cities, towns and villages in Kurdistan Province of western Iran: [1] Alphabetical. Cities are in bold text; all others are villages. A. Ab ...
Pages in category "Kurdish historical sites" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Dimdim Castle; H.
Xanzad Castle (also written Khanzad) alternatively Banaman Castle, is a medieval castle build by ruler of the Kurdish Soran Emirate, Mir Xanzad in the late 16th century. The castle lies in southern Kurdistan , part of autonomous Kurdistan , itself part of the Republic of Iraq .
The Kurdish leader Saladin along with his uncles Ameer Adil and Ameer Sherko, were joined by Kurdish fighters from the cities of Tigrit, Mosul, Erbil and Sharazur in a drive towards 'Sham' (today's Syria and Lebanon) in order to protect Islamic lands against crusader attack. The Kurdish King and his uncles ruled north Iraq, Jordan, Syria and ...