Jaban al-Kurdi: Kurdish Companion of the Prophet Muhammad
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.
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Abgar I of Osroene: First of the Abgar Dynasty
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 of Osroene: King of the Kurdish Plateau's Southern Gateway
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 of Gordyene: The Kurdish King Who Chose Rome Over Tyranny
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 →Cyaxares (Hvakhshathra): The Median King Who Destroyed Nineveh
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 →Astyages (Ishtovigu): The Last King of the Median Empire
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 →Madius: The Scythian King of the Median Interregnum
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): The Median King Who Challenged Assyria
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): Founder of the Median Empire
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: The Last King of the Mitanni Empire
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: Son of the Last Mitanni Rebel
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: Mitanni King Under Assyrian Pressure
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.
Read article →Shattiwaza: Last King of Independent Mitanni
Shattiwaza (c. 1330 BCE) was the son of Tushratta, installed as Hittite vassal king of Mitanni after Suppiluliuma I sacked Washukanni. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Shuttarna III: Son of the Usurper and the Return of Assur's Doors
Shuttarna III (c. 1330 BCE) was a Mitanni king, son of Artatama II, whose reign saw the symbolic reversal of Mitanni imperial power. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Artatama II: Rival King and the Mitanni Civil War
Artatama II (c. 1335 BCE) was a rival Mitanni king whose Assyrian alliance accelerated the empire's decline. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Tushratta: The Mitanni King of the Amarna Letters
Tushratta (c. 1358–1350 BCE) was the most documented Mitanni king, known through the Amarna Letters. Discover his dramatic reign and place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Artashumara: The Mitanni King Murdered at Succession
Artashumara (c. 1360 BCE) was a Mitanni king murdered by court official Na'wa shortly after taking the throne. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Shuttarna II: Mitanni King at the Height of Empire
Shuttarna II (c. 1380 BCE) reigned at the peak of Mitanni power, sending his daughter Kile-Hepa to marry Amenhotep III of Egypt. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Shaitarna: King of the Mitanni Empire
Shaitarna was a Mitanni king c. 1425 BCE, part of the Hurrian empire that Kurdish historians regard as Kurdish ancestral civilisation. Discover his place in Mitanni and Kurdish history.
Read article →Artatama I: The Mitanni King Who Allied with Egypt
Artatama I (c. 1400 BCE) forged the Mitanni-Egypt alliance by giving his daughter to Pharaoh Thutmose IV. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history.
Read article →Larkutla: Last King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Larkutla was the twelfth and final Lullubi king c. 675 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the extraordinary 1,800-year Lullubi Kingdom.
Read article →Hubaia: Tenth King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Hubaia was the tenth Lullubi king c. 830 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the extraordinary 1,800-year Lullubi Kingdom.
Read article →Dada: The Late Lullubi King of the Zagros
Dada was a later Lullubi ruler of the Zagros, linked to Lulubum, Sharazor and the ancient mountain world of the Kurdish ancestral homeland.
Read article →Nur-Adad: Eighth King of the Lullubi Kingdom
Nur-Adad was the eighth known Lullubi king c. 881–880 BCE. Discover his place in Kurdish ancestral history and the Lullubi Kingdom.
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