Kurdish History Journal
Badr ibn Hasanwayh (r. 979–1013 CE) was the greatest ruler of the Hasanwayhid Kurdish dynasty — builder, administrator, and military leader. Discover his remarkable legacy.
Read article →Al-Mawardi (974–1058 CE) was a major Islamic jurist and political theorist whose work on governance shaped the world of the Kurdish dynasties of the 10th–11th centuries.
Read article →Hasanwayh (d. 979 CE) founded the Hasanwayhid dynasty c. 961 CE in the Zagros Mountains, controlling Dinawar, Hamadan, and Lorestan. Discover his place in Kurdish history.
Read article →Lashkari ibn Muhammad (d. 978 CE) was the son of the Shaddadid founder Muhammad ibn Shaddad and the first significant ruler of the Shaddadid Kurdish dynasty in Armenia.
Read article →Evdilsemedê Babek (972–1019 CE) was one of the first known Kurdish Islamic poets. Discover his place in Kurdish literary history.
Read article →Daysam ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi (d. c. 957 CE) was a Kurdish commander who ruled Azerbaijan intermittently from 938–955 CE. Discover his turbulent story in Kurdish history.
Read article →Muhammad ibn Shaddad (d. 955 CE) founded the Shaddadid dynasty c. 951 CE in Dvin, Armenia — the first Kurdish state in the Caucasus. Discover his place in Kurdish history.
Read article →Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Rawadi (d. c. 953–956 CE) founded the Kurdicized Rawadid dynasty in Tabriz and Azerbaijan. Discover his place in Kurdish history.
Read article →Ibn al-Dahhak (d. 927 CE) was a Kurdish figure of the late Abbasid era. Discover his place in the Kurdish tradition of resistance and political leadership.
Read article →Mir Jafar Dasni (d. c. 841 CE) was a Kurdish leader during the Abbasid era, one of the notable figures of the early Kurdish Islamic tradition. Discover his place in Kurdish history.
Read article →Abu Hanifa Dinawari (c. 815–896 CE) was a Kurdish polymath, founder of Arabic botany, astronomer, historian and linguist. Discover his remarkable contribution to Islamic Golden Age science.
Read article →Bahlool Mahi (9th century) was an early Kurdish figure of the Islamic era. Discover his place in Kurdish history and the early Kurdish Islamic tradition.
Read article →Jaban al-Kurdi (6th century) was a Kurdish companion (Sahabi) of the Prophet Muhammad — one of the first Kurds to embrace Islam. Discover his place in Kurdish history.
Read article →Abgar I (c. 94–68 BCE) was the first Osroene king to bear the Abgar name. He ruled from Edessa (modern Riha/Şanlıurfa), controlling the highway along the southern Kurdish plateau. Discover his place in Kurdish history.
Read article →Mannus (Ma'nu) of Osroene was one of several kings of the Abgarid dynasty at Edessa (modern Riha/Şanlıurfa), controlling the highway along the southern Kurdish plateau. Discover his place in Kurdish history.
Read article →Zarbienus was the king of Gordyene (Corduene) who died c. 71/70 BCE seeking Roman alliance against Tigranes. Lucullus held his royal funeral. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Astyages (Ishtovigu) 585–550 BCE was the last Median king, defeated by Cyrus the Great. Discover the final chapter of this Kurdish ancestral dynasty.
Read article →Cyaxares (Hvakhshathra) 625–585 BCE was the greatest Median king. He destroyed Nineveh in 612 BCE — an event commemorated in Kurdish nationalism as the dawn of the Kurdish year. Discover his extraordinary story.
Read article →Madius (653–625 BCE) was the Scythian king who dominated Media after Phraortes' death. Discover this unique chapter in the story of the Median Empire and Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Phraortes (Fravartish) 675–653 BCE expanded the Median Empire and launched the first great Median assault on Assyria. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Deioces (Daiukku) c. 700 BCE was the founder of the Median Empire, unifier of the Kurdish ancestral Median tribes, and builder of Ecbatana. Discover his place in Kurdish history.
Read article →Shattuara II (c. 1250 BCE) was the last known king of the Mitanni Empire, defeated by Shalmaneser I. Discover the final chapter of this Kurdish ancestral dynasty.
Read article →Wasashatta (c. 1285 BCE) was a Mitanni king who sought Hittite help against Assyria but was defeated by Shalmaneser I. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Shattuara I (c. 1305 BCE) was a Mitanni king who submitted to Assyria under Adad-nirari I then rebelled. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
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