History of the Kurds
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The Kurds are an Iranian ethnic group in the Middle East. They have historically inhabited the mountainous areas to the south of Lake Van and Lake Urmia, a geographical area collectively referred to a
Saladin, painted 1568
Kurdish costumes, 1873.
Kurdish boys, Diyarbakir.
The former president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, meeting with U.S. officials in Baghdad, Iraq, on 26 April 2006.
Kurds
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Kurds, or the Kurdish people, are an Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq,
Kurdish-inhabited areas in the Middle East (1992)
Yazidi new year celebrations in Lalish, 18 April 2017
Eyewitness depiction of Kurdish prince Mir Sheref and his retinue in Jizra in 1602–03 (BNF, Turc 127).
Kurds visiting Lala Mustafa Pasha, in 1581. Nusretname