ENCYCLOPEDIA
Explore the topics of Kurdish history from A to Z; every entry is drawn from primary sources.
The Safavids (Safevi State) were a dynasty that ruled Iran from the early 16th century and directly influenced the Kurdish history of its struggle with the Otto…
Salname is an annals, derived from the Persian words "sal" (year) and "name" (written document) and meaning "year and written document", published by official a…
The Sasanian Empire is an Iranian empire that ruled Iran and its surroundings from the first quarter of the 3rd century AD to the mid-7th century, using Pahlavi (Middle Persian) as its official language…
Sason is historically a kaza (district) attached to the Muş Sanjak in the Ottoman administrative division, and a mountainous settlement region heavily populated by Kurdish tribes…
Sebeos is a historian known for an Armenian historical text written in the seventh-century Christian world and traditionally attributed to him. The aforementioned…
Saladin (Saladin al-Ayyubi / Saladin Yusuf b. Najm al-Din Ayyub b. Shadi) is the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and ruled Egypt, Syria, and al-Jazira in the 12th century…
The Seljuks are a Turkic-Oghuz dynasty that reshaped the political map of the Middle East, the Caucasus, and the Kurdish geography starting from the 11th century. Under the leadership of Tughril Bey…
Seyit Taha (Seyit Taha of Şemdinan) is one of the prominent Kurdish leaders of the Hakkâri-Şemdinan region in the early 20th century. During World War I and the armistice years…
Siirt is a historical settlement and region in Upper Mesopotamia, frequently mentioned alongside Bitlis. Its name appears in sources in various forms such as İsirt, İsird, and Siird…
Simko (Simko Agha) is one of the prominent Kurdish leaders of the early 20th century, known for the Simko Rebellion that developed in Iranian Kurdistan. Of the Shikak (Shikak/Sipkan) tribe…
Sinjar (Kurdish: Shingal), located in northern Mesopotamia, in the present-day Iraq-Syria border region, and a historical [place] mentioned in sources as both a mountain and a city…
Siverek is an administrative unit attached to the Diyarbekir region during the Ottoman period, and is mentioned in sources sometimes with the status of a sanjak and sometimes a kaza. Its name, from the 16th century to the 2…
Strabo (64 BC - 19 AD) is a Greek geographer, historian, and philosopher, considered one of the most important writers of Antiquity. Born in Amasya in 63/64 BC…
Syria is a geography extending between the Eastern Mediterranean and Mesopotamia, and intertwined with surrounding regions where Kurds have lived or established dominance throughout history. …
Syriac sources are one of the fundamental written source groups for pre-Islamic Kurdish history. Between the fifth century BC and the seventh century AD…
Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi, who lived in the 13th century, is one of the prominent preachers and historians of the Ayyubid-era Syria-Egypt geography. He passed away in Damascus in 654/1256…