The illustrated Kurdish History series
Six connected books. A Kurdish-centred journey from the ancient highlands to the world we live in today.
Maps, photographs, timelines and traceable sources bring the story into view.
English-language PDF editions · Read on your phone, tablet or computer
Choose your chapter of the story
US$11.99 each
One-time purchase · Digital PDF
Volume 01
Prehistory to the seventh century CE
The Ancient Background to Kurdish History
Explore the ancient highlands, their communities and empires, and the evidence behind the question of Kurdish origins.
93 pages · 16 visuals
Volume 02
The conquests to the opening Ayyubid age
From the Conquests to the Ayyubid Age
Follow Kurdish communities, towns and ruling dynasties through the early and medieval Islamic centuries.
77 pages · 16 visuals
Volume 03
The twelfth to early sixteenth centuries
A Kurdish Dynasty in the Medieval World
Discover Saladin’s Kurdish family, the Ayyubid kingdoms, their society and the different endings of their rule.
88 pages · 20 visuals
Volume 04
The principalities to 1918
Autonomy Reform and the End of Empire
Trace Kurdish principalities, negotiated autonomy, reform and the upheavals at the end of Ottoman rule.
99 pages · 22 visuals
Volume 05
1918–2000
Borders Rights and the Struggle for Freedom
A history of borders, language, civilian lives, repression, resistance and Kurdish self-government through the twentieth century.
116 pages · 28 visuals
Volume 06
2001–31 October 2026
Autonomy Rights and a Changing Region
Explore Kurdish institutions, culture and political change since 2001, with an explicit research cutoff of 31 October 2026.
109 pages · 30 visuals
The complete collection
Follow the whole story, from origins and antiquity to contemporary Kurdistan. Keep every volume together in your own digital library.
Six PDF books · One ZIP download · Individual PDFs also available after purchase
Maps, museum and archival photographs, diagrams, charts and timelines support the narrative.
Notes, bibliographies, source records and clear distinctions between evidence and interpretation.
Linked contents and illustration indexes help you move through every English-language PDF.
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An illustrated English-language PDF book. The complete-series bundle includes all six PDFs, a ZIP download and companion source records. These products do not include printed books or EPUB files.
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Yes. Use a PDF reader on your phone, tablet or computer. The books retain their illustrated page layouts; you can zoom in as needed.
Volume 6 covers 2001 to 31 October 2026. It states its research cutoff so readers can distinguish that account from later developments.
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