Timeline of Kurdish uprisings
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This is an incomplete list of Kurdish uprisings.
List of conflicts[edit]
| Date | Uprising | Location | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 838-841[1] | Yezidi uprising against the Abbasids | Abbasid Caliphate | Suppressed |
| 1506–1510 | Yezidi uprising against the Safavids[2] | Suppressed when the Yazidi leader, Shír Ṣárim, was defeated in a battle wherein several important officers of Ismail I lost their lives | |
| 1609–1610 | Battle of Dimdim[3] | Suppressed | |
| 1775 | Bajalan uprising[4] | Suppressed | |
| 1806–1808 | Baban uprising[5] | Suppressed | |
| 1880–1881 | Revolt by Sheikh Ubeydullah of Nehri against the Qajars.[6][7] | Suppressed | |
| 1919 - 1922 - First Mahmud Barzanji Revolt | First Mahmud Barzanji revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1918–1922 | First Simko Shikak revolt | Suppressed | |
| 6 March 1921 - 17 June 1921 | Koçgiri Rebellion | Suppressed | |
| November 1922 - July 1924 | Second Mahmud Barzanji revolt | Creation of the Kingdom of Kurdistan[8][9] | |
| 8 February - March, 1925 | Sheikh Said rebellion[10] | Suppressed | |
| 1926 | Second Simko Shikak revolt | Suppressed, Simko Shikak flees to Mandatory Iraq | |
| October 1927 - September 17, 1930 | First, second and third Ararat rebellion[11][12][13][14][15] | Suppressed, Republic of Ararat disbanded. | |
| 1931–1932 | Ahmed Barzani revolt | Suppressed, low-level insurgency continues through 1933, another revolt by Barzanis erupts in 1943 | |
| 1935 | Yazidi revolt of 1935 | Suppressed | |
| 1941–1944 | Hama Rashid revolt | Suppressed, Hama Rashid driven into Iraq | |
| November 1945 - December 15, 1946 | Iran crisis of 1946[16] | Creation of the Soviet-backed Republic of Mahabad, revolt later suppressed | |
| 11 September 1961 - 1970 | First Iraqi–Kurdish War | Stalemate, led to the Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970 | |
| 1967 | 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran | Suppressed | |
| April 1974 - 1975 | Second Iraqi–Kurdish War | Suppressed, the Iraqi government re-establishes control over Kurdistan | |
| 1976–1978 | PUK insurgency | Indecisive, led to the Kurdish rebellion of 1983 | |
| 1979 | 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran | Suppressed | |
| 1983–1985 | Kurdish rebellion of 1983 | Indecisive, led to the Al-Anfal Campaign | |
| 15 August 1984 – present | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | Calls from the both sides to end the armed conflict; Ongoing PKK withdrawal from Turkey[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] | |
| 1986–1996 | KDPI insurgency | Suppressed; KDPI announces unilateral cease-fire in 1996 | |
| 1 March – 5 April 1991 | 1991 uprisings in Iraq | Victory; establishment of the Kurdish Autonomous Republic, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan | |
| March 2004 | 2004 al-Qamishli riots | Suppressed | |
| 2004–present | Iran–PJAK conflict | Ongoing | |
| 2012–present | Syrian Kurdistan campaign of the Syrian civil war. | Kurdish fighters have taken control of 365 towns and villages in Syrian Kurdistan and 2 districts in Aleppo by September 2012.[24] |
References[edit]
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- ^ [3], p.533.
- ^ [4], p.9
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- ^ Yusuf Mazhar, Cumhuriyet, 16 Temmuz 1930, ... Zilan harekatında imha edilenlerin sayısı 15,000 kadardır. Zilan Deresi ağzına kadar ceset dolmuştur...
- ^ Ahmet Kahraman, ibid, p. 211, Karaköse, 14 (Özel muhabirimiz bildiriyor) ...
- ^ Ayşe Hür, "Osmanlı'dan bugüne Kürtler ve Devlet-4", Taraf, October 23, 2008, Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ M. Kalman, Belge, tanık ve yaşayanlarıyla Ağrı Direnişi 1926–1930, Pêrî Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997, ISBN 975-8245-01-5, p. 105.
- ^ "Der Krieg am Ararat" (Telegramm unseres Korrespondenten) Berliner Tageblatt, October 3, 1930, "... die Türken in der Gegend von Zilan 220 Dörfer zerstört und 4500 Frauen und Greise massakriert."
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