Kurdish Empires
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- Daysam ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi: Kurdish Commander and Ruler of Azerbaijan
- Hadhbani: The Mighty Kurdish Tribal Dynasty That Forged Power in Early Islamic Kurdistan (906–1144)
- The Annazid Dynasty: The Kurdish Lords of Hulwan and the Iran-Iraq Frontier (990–1117)
- The Ardalan Dynasty: The Longest-Surviving Kurdish Dynasty in History (1169–1867)
- The Ayyubid Empire: Saladin's Kurdish Dynasty and the Largest Kurdish State in History (1171–1341)
- The Baban Dynasty: The Kurdish Principality of Sulaymaniyah and the Babani Literary School (1649–1850)
- The First Kurdish Dynasties at War: Aishanids, Hasanwayhids, and Annazids (912–1117 CE)
- The First Kurdish Empire: Gutium and the Dawn of a Nation
- The Hasanwayhid Dynasty: The Kurdish Lords of the Central Zagros (959–1015)
- The Hazaraspid Dynasty: The Kurdish Atabegs of Greater Lorestan (1148–1424)
- The House of Kayus: A Beacon of Pre-Islamic Kurdish Sovereignty
- The Hurrian-Mittani Empire: The Ancient Glory of Kurdistan's Ancestors (c. 1500–1300 BCE)
- The Indomitable Kardouchoi: Ancient Warriors and the Kurdish Legacy
- The Kassite Empire: Ancient Kurdish Roots in the Heart of Mesopotamia (c. 1595–1155 BCE)
- The Kurdish Republic of 1946: A Short-Lived Dream
- The Legacy of Fadluya the Kurdish Chieftain and the Rise of the Shabankara Dynasty
- The Lullubi: Bronze Age Giants and the Ancient Roots of the Kurdish People
- The Mannaeans: Ancient Precursors to Kurdish Resilience – Defying Empires from the Shores of Lake Urmia
- The Marwanids of Diyar Bakr: Kurdistan's Greatest Medieval Dynasty (983–1085 CE)
- The Medes - the Forefathers of the Kurds
- The Principality of Shaykhan - A Millennium of Yazidi Kurdish Resilience
- The Rawadid Dynasty: The Kurdish Lords of Tabriz and Iranian Azerbaijan (955–1071)
- The Shaddadid Dynasty: The First Kurdish State in the Caucasus (951–1199)
- The Zelanid Dynasties: The Kurdish Lords of Anatolia
- Unveiling the Kingdom of Corduene, the Ancient Heart of Kurdistan
- Urartu: The Iron Age Highland Fortress and a Pillar of Kurdish Ancestry (c. 860–590 BCE)
- Western Kurdistan (Rojava)