Dala Sarkis

Articles credited to Dala Sarkis in the Kurdish History archive.

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Articles

• Qasr-e Shirin: A Kurdish Frontier Town of Sassanid Ruins and War
• Sami Abdul Rahman Park: Erbil's Green Heart
• The Ahlat Seljuk Cemetery: A Forest of Stones
• The Rawanduz Gorge: A Canyon in the Mountains
• Dara: The Ancient Fortress City of the Frontier
• The Hevsel Gardens: Ancient Green by the Tigris
• Harran: The Ancient Town of Beehive Houses
• The Aras River: Border Stream of the Highlands
• The Great Zab: River of the Kurdish Mountains
• Duhok Dam: The Lake Above the City
• Van Fortress: The Rock Citadel of Lake Van
• The Munzur Valley (Geliyê Mizûr): A Sacred Gorge of Dersim
• Bismil: A Tigris Town of the Diyarbakır Plain
• Khanzad Castle (Qela Xanzad): The Castle of a Kurdish Princess
• Piranshahr (Pîranşar): A Mukriyan Border City
• Qaladze (Qeladize): A Kurdish Town Bombed and Rebuilt
• Chamchamal: A Kurdish Town on the Edge of the Disputed Territories
• Qamishli: Kurdish Capital of North-East Syria
• Hasankeyf (Heskîf): The Drowned City on the Tigris
• Meme Alan: The Oral Epic Behind Mem and Zin
• The Legend of Solomon and the Jinn: A Mythic Origin of the Kurds
• Sheikh Sherfedin: The Yazidi Saint of Sinjar
• Sultan Ezid: A Central Divine Figure of the Yazidis
• Khshathra Vairya: The Desirable Dominion
• Mah: The Moon and the Keeper of the Seed
• The Fravashis: The Guardian Spirits of the Soul
• Ashi: The Yazata of Reward and Fortune
• Mardas: The Pious Father of the Tyrant
• Kay Qobad: The First King of the Kayanians
• Mehrab Kaboli: The King of Kabul and Grandfather of Rostam
• Arnavaz and Shahrnaz: The Princesses Freed from Zahhak
• Jamasp: The Sage Who Foretold the Future
• The Seven Labours of Rostam: The Haft Khan
• Shideh in the Shahnameh: Afrasiab's Son and Kay Khosrow's Uncle
• Banu Goshasp: The Warrior Daughter of Rostam
• Houman: The Chivalrous Turanian Hero
• Zavareh: The Loyal Brother of Rostam
• Rohham: Hero of the House of Gudarz
• Sekandar: The Alexander of the Shahnameh
• Homay: The Queen Who Ruled Iran
• Zarir: The Martyr-Hero of the Holy War
• Goshtasp: The King Who Embraced the Prophet
• Cejna Ezi: The Yazidi Feast of Ezi
• Ker u Kulik: The Epic of the Twin Brothers
• Gudarz: The Patriarch of the Paladins
• Yarsanism: The Faith of the People of Truth
• Farangis: The Loyal Queen of the Shahnameh
• Sheikh Nasirdin: The Yazidi Angel of Death and Renewal
• Tahmineh: The Princess of Samangan in the Shahnameh
• Iraj: The Murdered Prince of the Shahnameh
• Shah Khoshin: The Yarsani Manifestation of Luristan
• Sheikh Hasan: The Yazidi Master of the Pen
• Sakiro: The Voice of the Serhad
• Daena: The Maiden of Conscience
• Haoma: The Sacred Plant and the Draught of Immortality
• Verethragna (Bahram): The Yazata of Victory
• Bizhan and Manizheh: The Great Love Story of the Shahnameh
• Kay Khosrow: The Ideal King of the Shahnameh
• Sohrab: The Tragic Son of Rostam in the Shahnameh
• Zoroaster: The Prophet of the Wise Lord and His Kurdish Revival
• Mithra: The Ancient Iranic God of the Sun and the Covenant
• Dewreshe Evdi: A Kurdish Epic of Love, War and Loyalty
• Rostam: The Greatest Hero of the Shahnameh
• The Kalam-e Saranjam: The Sacred Book of the Yarsani Faith
• Dawud: The Divine Guide of the Yarsani Faith
• Pir Benjamin: The Master of Masters in the Yarsani Faith
• Baba Yadgar: The Beloved Yarsani Saint and His Mountain Shrine
• Sheikh Shems: The Sun Angel of Yazidism
• Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir: The Saint at the Heart of Yazidism
• Lalish: The Sacred Heart of the Yazidi Faith
• Sahmaran: The Kurdish Serpent Queen of Wisdom and Betrayal
• Newroz and Kurdish Mythology: Fire, Freedom and the Defeat of Tyranny
• Karpûz: The Amed Watermelon and the Tigris Gardens That Grow It
• Perde Pilavı: The Siirt Curtain Rice and the Secrets of the Kurdish Wedding Table
• Somaq: The Wild Mountain Spice at the Heart of Kurdish Sourness
• Dûşav: The Grape Molasses of the Kurdish Table
• Darex: The Pearl Mullet of Lake Wan
• Çay: Kurdish Tea and the Soul of the Çayxane
• Kepari: The Kurdish Wild Caperberries Foraged Under Airstrikes
• Nan-e Shekari: The Kurdish Sweet Bread That Kermanshah Gave the World
• Ecîn: The Kurdish Raw Meat Dish the World Calls Çiğ Köfte
• Kürt Tatlısı: The Kurdish Pastry That Istanbul Banned by Name
• Lorik: The Kurdish Whey Cheese That Wastes Nothing
• Jajeek: The Kurdish Yogurt Dip the World Calls Tzatziki
• Kuki: The Kurdish Pie Baked in Clay
• Jajî: The Kurdish Mountain Cheese Sold Under a Turkish City’s Name
• The Zakarids (Mkhargrdzeli): Medieval Armenia's Military Dynasty and the Question of Their Kurdish Origin
• Iraqi Kurdistan: From the 1991 Uprising to the Independence Referendum (1991–2017)
• The Shaddadids and Rawadids: Kurdish Warriors of the Caucasus and Azerbaijan (951–1199 CE)
• The Roman-Sasanian Wars in the Kurdish Highlands: Five Centuries of Empires at War
• The Baghdad Pact (1955): Cold War Alliance, Kurdish Containment
• Sara Omar: Kurdish-Danish Novelist Who Broke the Silence
• Sirwan Barzani: Kurdish Military Commander and Governor of Erbil
• Mehmet Şimşek: Kurdish Turkish Finance Minister and Economic Reformer
• Nechirvan Barzani: President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
• Salih Muslim: Co-Chair of the PYD and Architect of Rojava
• Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat: Kurdish Co-Founder of Turkey's AKP
• Ali Ashraf Darvishian: Kurdish Iranian Author and Champion of the Dispossessed
• Abdulla Pashew: The Poet of Love and Freedom in Modern Kurdish Literature
• Seyran Ateş: Kurdish German Lawyer Who Founded a Liberal Mosque in Berlin
• Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou: The Assassinated Voice of Iranian Kurdish Freedom
• Hemin Mukriyani: The Poet of Iranian Kurdistan's Mountains
• Samand Siabandov: Pioneer of Kurdish Theatre and Cinema in the Soviet Union
• Simko Shikak: The Kurdish Warlord Who Carved Out an Autonomous Region in Iran
• Mevlanzade Rifat Bey: Kurdish Journalist and Ottoman Intellectual
• Zaro Aga: The Kurdish Man Who May Have Been the World's Oldest Person
• Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh: Kurdish Grand Vizier of the Safavid Empire
• Halo Khan Ardalan: Kurdish Ruler of the Ardalan Dynasty (r. 1590–1616)
• Shabankara'i: The Kurdish Poet-Historian of the Ilkhanid Era
• Malik Hazarasp: The Kurdish Atabeg Who Defied the Mongols and Named a Dynasty
• Tughtakin ibn Ayyub: The Kurdish Prince Who Brought Yemen into the Ayyubid Empire
• Az-Zahir Ghazi: Kurdish Emir of Aleppo and Son of Saladin
• Najm ad-Din Ayyub: The Kurdish Father Who Named an Empire
• Abu'l-Fath Musa: The Shaddadid Ruler of Ganja, 1031–1034
• Abu Nasr Husayn II: Kurdish Ruler of the Rawadid Dynasty
• Evdilsemedê Babek: Pioneering Kurdish Islamic Poet
• Bahlool Mahi: Kurdish Figure of the Early Islamic Era
• Mannus of Osroene: King of the Kurdish Plateau's Southern Gateway
• Phraortes (Fravartish): The Median King Who Challenged Assyria
• Shattuara I: Mitanni King Under Assyrian Pressure
• Artatama I: The Mitanni King Who Allied with Egypt
• Iarlagash: Tenth Kurdish King of the Gutian Dynasty
• Nikillagah: Third Kurdish King of the Gutian Dynasty
• Embracing Chaldean Heritage: Navigating Identity in a Complex History
• More Propaganda from the Pro Terrorist and Pro Violence Assyria Post
• The Myth of Assyrian Continuity: Unraveling the Modern Invention of an Ancient Identity