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Isabella Lucy (Bird) Bishop
Isabella Lucy (Bird) Bishop 1831-1904, English traveler and writer, first woman member of the Royal Geographical Society. She traveled extensively and wrote a number of books, including The English Woman in America (1856), The Hawaiian Archipelago (1875), A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains ... Read more
Sargon
Sargon d. 705 BC, king of Assyria (722-705 BC), successor to Shalmaneser V. He completed Shalmaneser's siege of Samaria in 721 BC, thus destroying the northern Israelite kingdom forever. In 720 he defeated a coalition of enemies at Raphia. He captured Carchemish, subdued Babylonia, and advanced e... Read more
Selim I
Selim I (Selim the Grim) , 1467-1520, Ottoman sultan (1512-20). He ascended the throne of the Ottoman Empire by forcing the abdication of his father, Beyazid II , and by killing his brothers. A religious controversy (see Sunni and Shiites ) and Persian support for his brother Ahmed led Selim, ... Read more
Kurds
Kurds , a non-Arab Middle Eastern minority population that inhabits the region known as Kurdistan, an extensive plateau and mountain area, c.74,000 sq mi (191,660 sq km), in SW Asia, including parts of E Turkey, NE Iraq, and NW Iran and smaller sections of NE Syria and Armenia. The region lies ast... Read more
Iraq
Iraq or Irak , officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. Iraq is bordered on the south by Kuwait, the Persian Gulf, and Saudi Arabia; on the west by Jordan and Syria; on the north by Turkey; and on the east by Iran. Iraq formerly s... Read more
Turkey
Turkey Turk. Türkiye , officially Republic of Turkey, republic (2005 est. pop. 69,661,000), 301,380 sq mi (780,574 sq km), SW Asia and SE Europe. It borders on Iraq (SE), Syria and the Mediterranean Sea (S), the Aegean Sea (W), Greece and Bulgaria (NW), on the Black Sea (N), and Armenia, Geor... Read more
Turkey
Turkey Turk. Türkiye , officially Republic of Turkey, republic (2005 est. pop. 69,661,000), 301,380 sq mi (780,574 sq km), SW Asia and SE Europe. It borders on Iraq (SE), Syria and the Mediterranean Sea (S), the Aegean Sea (W), Greece and Bulgaria (NW), on the Black Sea (N), and Armenia, Geor... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Kurdistan"

Kurdistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa KURDISTAN The land of the Kurds. Kurdistan does not have boundaries on any map, but it extends over five...miles (400 km) between Mosul and Mount Ararat. The heart of Kurdistan is two long chains of mountains, the Taurus and the Zagros...
Jews of Kurdistan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Jews of Kurdistan ETHNONYMS: In Kurdistan: H ō z ā y ē (by the Jews themselves...largely rural people, have lived in the mountains and plains of Kurdistan since time immemorial. They have been geographically isolated...
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY (PKK) Kurdish party in Turkey that fought a...independence, 1984 – 1998. The PKK ( Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan, or Workers' Party of Kurdistan) has been, both ideologically and in its emphasis on violence...
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN (PUK) kurdish political party. Established in 1977, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) advocated the self-determination...than the rival Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK). In 1987 the PUK put an end...
Democratic Party of Kurdistan (Iraq)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KURDISTAN (IRAQ) Political party advocating the autonomy of the Iraqi Kurds. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was founded...rival, Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and several smaller organizations...
Democratic Party of Kurdistan (Iran; KDP)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KURDISTAN (IRAN; KDP) Political party that...in Iran. The Democratic Party of Kurdistan, Iran (KDP), was formed in 1945...formation of the independent Republic of Kurdistan in December 1945. The Soviet army...
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was founded in 1974 as a Marxist-Leninist insurgent group primarily composed of Turkish Kurds. The group's goal has been to establish an independent Kurdish state in southeastern...
Kurdish Autonomous Zone
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...creation of a "safe haven" inside Iraqi Kurdistan. At first, the Allies created three...Talabani, and the other leaders of the Kurdistan Front, a coalition of Kurdish parties...uneasy military situation prevailed in Kurdistan. The Kurdish peshmergas ("those who...
Kurdish Revolts
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...extension of state power to all parts of Kurdistan. The leadership of revolts then transferred...War I led to the redivision of Ottoman Kurdistan among the new states of Turkey, Iraq...revolted and declared himself "King of Kurdistan" in 1922, only to be removed after...
Kurds
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...living for millennia in the region they call Kurdistan, which is divided today among five countries...1870) ruled as the "un-crowned king of Kurdistan" over a large portion of Ottoman Kurdistan in the 1840s. After World War I and the...

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Kurdistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Kurdistan A state for the Kurdish nation which...The establishment of an independent Kurdistan was determined by the Treaty of S...account of the rich oilfields of Iraqi Kurdistan, it is here that Kurdish demands for...
Bloch, Jean-Richard (1884-1947)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...followed by two novels, La nuit Kurde (1925; A Night in Kurdistan , 1931) and Sybilla (1935), where the influence of analysis...Reprinted 1997.) — — . (1931). A Night in Kurdistan (Stephen Haden-Guest, Trans.). New York: Simon and...
Turkey
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...minorities, particularly the Kurds in the Turkish areas of Kurdistan ; (3) populism, which in the absence of a multi-party...Party (PKK) emerged (1984), demanding independence for Kurdistan. Its violent attacks against Turkish property and soldiers...
Ahl-i-Haqq
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Ahl-i-Haqq ( ‘People of the Truth’ ). A secret religious sect found in W. Persia and Kurdistan, dating back to the 11th cent. It incorporates Zoroastrian , Manichaean , Jewish, Christian, and Sūfī...
Bahā'u'llāh
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...in 1852, he experienced a number of revelatory visions, and after his exile to Ottoman Iraq withdrew to the mountains of Kurdistan where he lived as a pious ascetic. Returning to Baghdād in 1856, he soon became the leading figure in a revival...
Ismail I Safavi
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...after which the dynasty is named. Supported by Turcoman tribesmen, he established his rule over Persia, extending it into Kurdistan and driving the UZBEKS from Khurasan in the north-east. His expansion was checked in the west by the OTTOMAN sultan Selim...
Ciller, Tansu
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...radicalization of opposition by Islamic fundamentalist groups on the one hand and Kurdish groups fighting for an independent Kurdistan on the other. Despite the use of substantial military and police power, she was unable to overcome the latter, while the...
Qassem, Abdul Karim
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...disintegrated when he lost his claim for the incorporation of Kuwait because of British intervention in 1961. A rebellion in Kurdistan in 1961 tied down many of his loyal military units, and in 1963 a dissident army group, supporting his more extreme Ba...
Kurd
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Kurd / kərd / • n. a member of a mainly pastoral Islamic people living in Kurdistan.
Ta'm e Guilass
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Bagheri, taxidermist in Natural History Museum ); Afshin Khorshid Bakhtari (soldier ); Safar Ali Moradi (soldier from Kurdistan ); Mir Hossein Noori (seminarian ); Ahmad Ansari (guard in the tower ); Hamid Masoumi (man in telephone booth ); Elham...

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Kurdistan ignored: even by American professional geography textbook writers.(Contemporary World Regional Geography, Second Edition)(World Regional Geography, 9th Edition)(Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts, 13th Edition)(World Regional Geography, 6th Edition)(World Regions in Global Context: People Places, and Environment, 3rd Edition)(World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives, 4th Edition)(Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development, 4th Edition)(Book review)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Kurdish Studies; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; Introduction: Kurdistan is the newest name in the annals of...Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1991. Kurdistan is a very important strategic region...Located in Northern Iraq, Southern Kurdistan is now newest democracy in the region...
Kurdistan is no safe haven for U.S. troops
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/26/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...American forces. Nevertheless, the Kurdistan option is almost as misguided as the...new risks. Though American troops in Kurdistan would not be under incessant attack as...easily entangle the United States in Kurdistan's probable struggles with Arab factions...
Kurdistan develops its oil industry independently.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 9/1/2007; 700+ words ; ...measure Iraq's progress. But this is Kurdistan, a world apart from the rest of Iraq, and Kurdistan isn't waiting for a political solution...oil law in the regional legislature. "Kurdistan is working," said Ashti Hawrami, the...
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq Selects Enterra Solutions, LLC, to Operate the Kurdistan Business Center.
Business Wire; 1/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...with the Minister of Trade for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to...service Business Center in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The contract marks...and economic development in the Kurdistan region and provides a viable model...
Opposing the Kurdistan Option for withdrawal
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/4/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...worst option. Proponents of the "Kurdistan Option" believe that an opportunity...States should withdraw all troops to Iraqi Kurdistan and create a long-term presence in...endorse no more than a transition force in Kurdistan leading to a total withdrawal from the...
The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Kurdish Studies; 1/1/2005; 700+ words ; The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq, Brendan O'Leary, John...several months after, the future of Kurdistan is discussed, detailed--and derailed...foreseeable future ... An independent Kurdistan is most likely to come into being as...
Southern Kurdistan under Britain's Mesopotamian Mandate: From Separation to Incorporation, 1920-23.
Magazine article from: Middle Eastern Studies; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...had a great impact on the future of Southern Kurdistan (now Iraqi Kurdistan). The analysis of this article is primarily focused...the incorporation and the separation of Southern Kurdistan were associated respectively. Crucial to their...
The Constitution of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 7/15/2009; 700+ words ; ...Contact: Renate Geerlings, +1-202 255 2744, for The Kurdistan Region of Iraq -- Fact Sheet -- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has worked for decades to draft...
Selling Kurdistan
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 12/21/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...men driving compact cars adorned with Kurdistan's red, white, and green flag honk...marketing campaign for the region-or both. Kurdistan is a strange place, an essentially independent...power to displace, kill, and oppress Kurdistan's peoples. Kurdish freedom fighters...
An outsider's perspective on Kurdistan.
Newspaper article from: The Kurdish Globe (Erbil, Iraq); 10/5/2009; 700+ words ; ...interviews an Australian traveler to Kurdistan Summary: The Kurdish Globe interviews an Australian traveler to Kurdistan "While pointing to the Darling Ranges...They're not mountains! Come to Kurdistan and I'll show you what mountains...