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)
The Ottoman Turks were a Oghuz Turkic ethnic group in Anatolia. Originally from Central Asia, they migrated to Anatolia in the 13th century and founded the Ottoman Empire, in which they remained socio
Painting of Ottoman Turkish sipahis at the Battle of Vienna.
Ottoman miniature from 1579/1580 depicting Oghuz chieftain Osman I, who founded the House of Osman and the Ottoman Empire around 1299. Located at Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi in the city of Istanbul.