List of Kurdish dynasties and countries
Appearance
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. (For more information see Origin of the Kurds.)[1][2]
8th–19th century states
Prior to the Ayyubid dynasty (until 1171)
- Hadhabanis (906–1080)
- Aishanids (912–961)[3]
- Daysam's Adharbayjan (938–955)[4]
- Shaddadids (951–1199)[5]
- Rawwadids (955–1071)
- Hasanwayhids (959–1014)[6]
- Marwanids (983–1096)[5]
- Annazids (990/91[7][8]–1117)[7]
- Shabankara (11th century–12th century)[9][10]
- Principality of Eğil (1049–1864)[11]
- Hazaraspids (1115–1425)
- Zakarids (1161–1360)[12][13][14]
- Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1341)[15]
After the Ayyubid dynasty (after 1171)
- Emirate of Kilis (1181/1183–1610)[16]
- Principality of Bitlis (1187–1847)
- Emirate of Şirvan (?–1840s)[17]
- Emirate of Çemişgezek (13th century–1663)[18]
- Principality of Donboli (1210–1799)[19]
- Emirate of Bingöl (1231–1864)[20]
- Emirate of Hasankeyf (1232[20]–1524[20])
- Mukriyan (14th century–19th century)[21]
- Vassaldom of Ardalan (14th century[22]–1865 or 1868[23][24])
- Principality of Zirqan (1335–1835)
- Emirate of Bahdinan (1339[25]–1843[26])
- Emirate of Hakkâri (Before 1380s–1845)[27]
- Principality of Suleyman[28] (15th century–1838)
- Principality of Mahmudi (1406–1839)[29]
- Zarrinnaal Dynasty (1448–1925)
- Emirate of Palu (1495–1845)[30]
- Emirate of Pazooka (1499–1587)[31]
16th century onwards
- Baban (16th century–1850)[32]
- Emirate of Bradost (1510–1609)[33]
- Emirate of Bohtan (before 1514–1847)[34]
- Emirate of Soran (before 1514[35]–1836[36])
- Principality of Pinyaşi (1548–1823)[37]
- Sarab Khanate (18th century)[38]
- Zand dynasty (1750–1794) – The dynasty is of Kurdish Lak origin.[39][40]
- Tabriz Khanate (1757–1799)[38]
- Hasan Khan dynasty in Pish-e Kuh (1795–1820)[41]
- Emirate of Miks (?–1846)[42]
20th and 21st century states
- Kurdish State (1918–1919)
- Kingdom of Kurdistan (1921–1924 and 1925)
- Kurdistan Uezd (1923–1929)
- Kurdistan Okrug (1930)
- Republic of Ararat (1927–1931)
- Republic of Mahabad (1946–1947)
- Republic of Laçin (1992)[43]
- Islamic Emirate of Byara (2001–2003)
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Provisions of the Treaty of Sèvres for an independent Kurdistan (in 1920)
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The Republic of Mahabad between 1946 and 1947
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The Islamic Emirate of Byara (black) at their peak, controlling most of the Halabja Governorate
Current entities
- Kurdistan Region (autonomous region in Iraq, 1970–present)
- Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (self-proclaimed autonomous region declared during the Syrian Civil War by the PYD) (2012–present)
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Kurdistan Region in 1975
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Kurdistan Region in 1998
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Kurdistan Region in 2012
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Current situation of the Kurdistan Region
Dynasties partly of Kurdish descent
- Safavid dynasty (1501–1736) – The dynasty was partly of Kurdish origin.[44][45][46]
See also
- Kurdish emirates
- Kurdistan Eyalet
- House of Kayus
- Corduene
- A Modern History of the Kurds by David McDowall
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