ENCYCLOPEDIA
Explore the topics of Kurdish history from A to Z; every entry is drawn from primary sources.
The Baban (Baban Dynasty) was a powerful Kurdish dynasty that was influential in the geography of Baghdad and Kurdistan (Volume 4, p. 63). The Kurdish tribes in the Ottoman-Iranian border region...
Bargiri is a district center in the Van Lake basin, historically attached to the Van Sanjak (Van mutasarrıflığı). Along with Erciş and Adilcevaz, it is located in the north and east of the lake...
The Barzanis are a Kurdish sheikh family and tribe centered in the village (karye) of Barzan in Southern Kurdistan. In Ottoman archival classifications, the family and tribe are referred to as "Barzan karyesi ve..."
Basra is a historical city and administrative center located in Lower Iraq, north of the Persian Gulf. In sources of Kurdish history, it is mentioned by both classical Islamic geographers...
Bayezid (present-day Ağrı/Doğubayezit) was a frontier sanjak under Ottoman administration, close to the Iranian border, ruled by Kurdish mirs. Its strategic border location, yurtluk-ocaklık...
Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and one of the most important centers of learning in the Islamic world; where historians and scholars who provided the earliest information about Kurdish history lived...
The Bedirhans (Bedirhanis) are a Kurdish mir family centered in Cizre-Botan, and the most known member of the family is Bedirhan Bey, one of the prominent Kurdish mirs of the 19th century. The family...
Baladhuri (d. 279/892-93) was one of the greatest Islamic historians of his time, living in the 3rd century AH / 9th century AD. His full name is Abu al-Hasan Ahmed b. Yahya b. Jabir...
Berzenci is a Kurdish tribe and sheikh family settled in the Sulaymaniyah-Kirkuk basin of Southern Kurdistan. In Ottoman archival documents, they are mentioned as both a local power center and...
Beşnevi (Bejnevî, Beşneviyye in sources) is a Kurdish community that lived around Cizre (Jazirat ibn Umar) and is frequently mentioned in medieval Islamic geography and history sources...
Bitlis is a historical Kurdish city located in Eastern Anatolia, in the southwest of the Van Lake basin. From ancient and Islamic period sources to Ottoman archival documents...
Botan (Bohtan), named after the Botan (Bohtan) River that flows through the region, is a region located in southeastern historical Kurdistan and a Kurdish principality bearing the same name...
Buhti (Buhtiyye) is a community mentioned in medieval Islamic geography and travel sources as a large Kurdish tribe with numerous clans. Their homeland is Upper Mesopotamia...
Baz (full name Abu Abdillah al-Husayn) was a Kurdish tribal chief who lived in Northern Mesopotamia in the 10th century and is considered the ancestor of the later-established Marwanid dynasty...
The Buyids were a dynasty that ruled in Iraq and the Cibal region of western Iran in the 10th-11th centuries. The dynasty, of Daylamite origin, established relations with Kurdish emirates...
Alexander the Great (Alexander of Macedon) was an ancient Macedonian ruler known for his Eastern Campaigns and invasion of Persia. His importance for Kurdish history lies in ancient Greek and...