Prof. M. R. Izady A few years ago, I was given a letter from an American, non-academic individual, asking “Are Kurds…
By Prof. M. R. Izady General history One of the least-known-and most fascinating-chapters in Kurdish history is the long-lasting participation…
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Prince Sharaf al-Dîn Bitlîsî By Prof M.R. Izady Although primarily a collection of dynastic histories, there is little doubt that the…
Muhammed Amin Zaki Bey also known in Kurdish as Dr. Mehmed Emín Zekí, محەممەد ئەمین زەکی بەگ (1880 Sulaimaniyah –1948…
Mehrdad lzady (Kurdish: Mihrdad Ízedí, مهرداد ئیزهدی) was born in 1963 to a Kurdish father and a Belgian mother. He spent much…
Professor Kamal Mazhar Ahmad (Kurdish: Kemal Mezher Ehmed کەماڵ مەزهەر ئەحمەد) was an eminent Kurdish historian, born on the 14th…
By Prof. M. R. Izady Like many other aspects of their national existence and identity, the extent of the areas…
By Prof. M.R. Izady The most prominent geophysical feature of Kurdistan is clearly its mountainousness. Kurdistan at present is composed…
By Prof. M.R. Izady Kurdistan is geologically quite active. The land straddles the subduction zone between the colliding Eurasian and…
By Prof. M.R. Izady Kurdistan can be divided historically, and on a socio-economic, cultural, and political basis, into five major…