Ottoman Kurds were ethnic Kurds who lived in the Ottoman Empire. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire ruled North Kurdistan, South Kurdistan, West Kurdistan, and a small part of East Kurdistan. Parts of Gr
A drawing of a Kurdish prince in the Ottoman Empire in an Italian book called Giro Mondo
Ottoman Kurds visiting Lala Mustafa Pasha, in 1581, holding the heads of Safavid Qizilbash warriors. Nusretname
Eyewitness depiction of Kurdish prince Mir Sheref and his retinue in Jizra in 1602-03 (BNF, Turc 127).
On the left is a Kurdish woman from Yozgat, 1880. (Kurden-Frau aus Juzgat)
Ottoman Kurdistan were areas of Kurdistan controlled by the Ottoman Empire. At the peak of the Ottoman Empire, it controlled all of modern-day Turkish Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Syrian Kurdistan,
Ottoman Kurds
…Kurdistan, South Kurdistan, West Kurdistan, and a small part of East Kurdistan. Parts of Greater Kurdistan under Ottoman control are collectively known as Ottoman Kurdistan. The Ottomans first made contact with Kurds during their conflict with the Safavids in 1514, under the rule of Selim I. Their first interactions were…
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