ENCYCLOPEDIA
Explore the topics of Kurdish history from A to Z; every entry is drawn from primary sources.
Raqqa is a city located along the Euphrates, mentioned in sources in both Antiquity and the Islamic period. Extending from the Roman border region to the Ottoman provincial organization…
Rawandiz (Rewandiz) is a Kurdish settlement located in Southern Kurdistan, within the borders of present-day Iraq. In the early 20th century, after World War I, d…
Rişvan is one of the large Kurdish tribes frequently mentioned in Ottoman archival documents and 19th-century travelogues. The tribe, which mostly led a nomadic life…
Rome (Roman Empire) is one of the main political powers in which pre-Islamic Kurdish history took place. Due to its eastern campaigns and relations with Iranian empires…