ENCYCLOPEDIA
Explore the topics of Kurdish history from A to Z; every entry is drawn from primary sources.
Hakkâri (Hekarî) is a sanjak and tribal region in the mountainous part of Upper Mesopotamia, ruled by Kurdish beys. Its name, from medieval Islamic geography to modern d...
Aleppo is a historical city, one of the leading centers of science and politics in the medieval Islamic world, located in northern Syria today. The history of the Kurds' rec...
Hamdullah Mustawfi is an Islamic era historian and geographer known for his works Târîh-i Güzîde and Nüzhetü'l-Kulûb. Among the sources of Kurdish history, spec...
Hamidiye is a Kurdish tribe recorded in medieval Islamic geography and history sources as living in the Jazira region, especially around Mosul. ## Geographers...
The Hamidiye Regiments (Hamidiye Light Cavalry Regiments) are cavalry units primarily formed from Kurdish tribes during the reign of Abdülhamid II. Various difficul...
Harput is a sanjak (liva) and kaza with a dense Kurdish population, affiliated with the Diyarbekir Eyalet in the Ottoman administrative division; in Ottoman archival documents, sometimes...
Hasanwayh (Hasnawayh) is a Kurdish emir who was the actual founder of the Hasanwayhid Kurdish Emirate, which ruled in the Jibal region of northwestern Iran in the 10th-11th century. Has...
The Hasanwayhids are a Kurdish dynasty that ruled in the Jibal region of western Iran in the 10th century. The dynasty takes its name from its founder, Hasanwayh, and the dominant...
The Crusaders are Frankish (Western) armies who headed east in the Middle Ages to conquer the Holy Land. In the Islamic period of Kurdish history, especially the Ayyubid dynasty...
Hekarî (Hekarîye, Hekkâriye in sources) is mentioned in medieval Islamic geography and travel sources, in Upper Mesopotamia, north of Mosul and around Amadiya...
Hemavend is a Kurdish tribe living primarily in the geography between Sulaymaniyah and Shahrizor, in the Ottoman-Iranian border region. In late Ottoman sources, their activi...
Hamadan is a city located in the al-Jibal (Iraq-i Ajam) region, counted among the regions where Kurds settled in medieval Islamic geography and history sources...
Heyderan (Haydaranlı, Haydaranlı) is one of the major Kurdish tribes that lived in the Ottoman-Iranian border region, especially around the province of Van; the…
Hezbanî is an important Kurdish tribe frequently mentioned in medieval Kurdish history, who established their own emirate. The tribe, both with the great dynasties in Northern Mesopotamia...
Hejaz is a historical region in the west of the Arabian Peninsula, extending along the Red Sea coast and containing Mecca and Medina. The birthplace of Islam and its h...
Himyarī (full name Muhammad b. Abd al-Mun'im al-Sinhājī al-Himyarī, kunya Abū Abdullāh, also known as Ibn Abd al-Mun'im; d. 900 AH / 1495 CE), Medieval Islamic...
Hizan is a settlement and administrative unit located around Bitlis and ruled by Kurdish beys throughout history. In the Ottoman period, first with the status of yurtluk-ocaklık...
Khorasan is one of the historical regions located in northeastern Iran and forming the eastern half of the Islamic world. In the sources of Kurdish history, both important political...
Hulwan is an ancient... described as a "large and important city" in Islamic era geography sources, located on the border of the Iraq and Jibal (Iraq-i Ajam) regions.
Hyrcania is a historical region mentioned in ancient sources as a geography inhabited by various peoples, associated with the Caspian Sea basin. The region, cl...
Hisnkayfa (Hisn-ı Kayfa / Hasankeyf) is a historical castle-city located in the al-Jazira region. In Islamic era geographical literature, one of the region's leading cities...