Image Kurdishrug.jpg thumb 200px Kurdish couple displaying typical colorful handmade carpet Kurdishrugs lang ku are rugs woven by the Kurdish people in the Middle East, predominantly the larger Kurdistan region including the Eastern part of Turkey near the Tauros Mountains, Iraq, southernmost Caucasus , Soviet Armenia and North Western Iran ref name Neff Neff, Ivan C. and Carol V. Maggs. Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London AD. Donker LTD, 1977. ISBN 978 0 949937 35 3 ref . When referring to Kurdishrugs within the rug industry, one is referring to those made within Iranian Kurdistan ref name Neff . Structure File Antique kurdish rug 429871.jpg thumb Antique Kurdish Rug KurdishRugs are stout and solid in structure, usually made in symmetrical knotting upon a woolen foundation. Design Kurdishrugs and carpets do use medallion patterns however, far more popular are the all over floral, Mina Khani motifs and the jaff geometric patterns ref name Neff . The beauty of Kurdish designs are enriched by high chroma blues, greens, saffrons as well as terracotta and burnt orange hues made richer still by the lusturous wool used. small 4 small Clarify post text to what does this refer? date September 2010 The traditional Kurdish Rug uses Kurdish symbols. It is possible to read the dreams, wishes and hopes of the rug maker from the sequence of symbols used. It is this signification and communication both individually and grouped into Kurdish rug making Clarify post text sentence fragment date September 2010 . Kurdish people study how meaning is constructed and understood by talking with the rug maker. File Antique kurdish iran rug 404854.jpg thumb Northwest Persian Kurdish Wagireh ... of a Kurdish Rug Type http 0 www.search.eb.com.library.uor.edu eb article 9046468?query Kurdish 20rugs&ct eb Encyclop dia Britannica Rugs and carpets Kurdish culture DEFAULTSORT KurdishRugs Category Kurdish culture Category Rugs and carpets Textile arts stub ckb ... more details
Wiktionarypar Kurdish InterWiki code ku Kurdish lang ku Kurd may refer to The Kurdish people The Kurdish language The Kurdish alphabet Kurdistan , the land of the Kurdish people which includes Iranian Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan Turkish Kurdistan Syrian Kurdistan History of the Kurdish people Kurdish literature Kurdish music Yazidi , the religion of some Kurds KurdishrugsKurdish cuisine Kurdish culture disambig ar arc da Kurdisk de Kurdisch gl Curdo it Curdo ja pt Curdo ... more details
Multiple issues orphan February 2012 notability September 2011 unreferenced September 2011 The term Moroccan Rugs refers to those rugs and carpets that were produced in Morocco . These rugs are easily recognizable they usually have vary abstract and primitive patterns and a Shag Rug texture. Types of Moroccan Rugs Berber Rugs Can be flat woven like a kilim or pile and sometimes even a combination of the two. Example of a Berber carpet Berber Rug Beni Ourain Rugs Are the most easily recognizable they almost always will have a white color background, abstract geometric designs and a Shag carpet shag rug texture . gallery File Antique Moroccan Morocco Rug Nazmiyal Collection.jpg Example Of Beni Ourain Rugs Courtesy Of The http nazmiyalantiquerugs.com antique rugs moroccan rugs vintage carpets Nazmiyal Collection Moroccan Rugs File Vintage Moroccan Rugs By Nazmiyal Collection.jpg Example Of Berber Rugs Courtesy Of The http nazmiyalantiquerugs.com antique rugs moroccan rugs vintage carpets Nazmiyal Collection Moroccan Rugs gallery References reflist refbegin Sovereign Carpets http www.amazon.com gp product 8881186306 Unknown Masterpieces from European Collections By E. Concaro, A. Levi http www.amazon.com gp product 1587360985 Berber Carpets of Morocco. The Symbols. Origin and Meaning By Bruno Barbatti http www.amazon.com gp product 2867701848 Ait Bou Ichaouen Weavings of a Nomadic Berber Tribe Alfred H. Saulniers, Suzanne S. Saulniers Nazmiyal Collection http nazmiyalantiquerugs.com antique rugs moroccan rugs vintage carpets Moroccan Rugs History & Selection refend New York Times http www.nytimes.com 2010 07 23 arts design 23rags.html From Rags To Richesse Category Rugs and carpets ... more details
Seychour Rugs File Antique seychour Usethisone.jpg thumb A subtype of the Kuba rug, antique Seychour also known as Seichur and Zeychour rugs are made in the small town of Yukhari Zeykhur in Azerbaijan in the Northeast Caucasus . Prized for the detailed precision of their drawing and design as well as for their saturated colors, antique Seychour Carpet rugs popularly display designs such as cabbage rose and the Seychour cross. Differing from other Caucasian rugs, antique Seychour rugs do not share the same symmetry in their borders they do however, share a similar flat woven structure. In these particular rugs, one half of the knot is hidden. References Neff, Ivan C. and Carol V. Maggs. Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London AD. Donker LTD, 1977. ISBN 13 9780949937353 Gans Ruedin, E. Caucasian Carpets. New York Rizzoli, 1986. ISBN 0253325552 Rugs and carpets Category Rugs and carpets ... more details
Image AWar Rugs 027.jpg thumb right Contemporary version of the Layla and Majnun story The war rug tradition of Afghanistan has its origins in the decade of Soviet war in Afghanistan Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from 1979 , and has continued through subsequent military, political and social conflicts. Afghan rug makers began incorporating the apparatus of war into their designs almost immediately after the Soviet Union invaded their country. They continue to do so today in the wake of the United States 2001 War in Afghanistan 2001 present invasion of Afghanistan which ousted the Taliban government of Mohammed Omar Mullah Omar but has failed to bring an end to taliban insurgency violence in the country . The rugs produced in response to these events are among the world s richest traditions of war art of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The terms Baluch and war rug are generalisations given to the genre by rug dealers, commercial galleries, collectors, critics and commentators. The distinctive characteristic of these rugs is their capacity to convey their makers experiences and interpretations ... about the circumstances of war rugs production and distribution, or their makers intentions. Literature ... Rugs from Afghanistan ref http rugsofwar.wordpress.com 2004 04 29 rugsofwar bibliography Rugs of war bibliography ref External links http www.ucalgary.ca fyke war rugs Fyke Collection of Afghan War Rugs .... The rugs were donated to The Nickle Arts Museum at the University of Calgary by Robert Fyke July ... author Ron O Callaghan year 2003 url http www.rugreview.com stuf afgwar.htm title Afghan War Rugs A Sub ... Graham Gower year 2003 url http mysite.wanadoo members.co.uk afghanwarrugs title Afghan War Rugs format ... 18 cite web author Kevin Sudeith year 2002 url http www.warrug.com title Index of war rugs for research ... year 2009 url http www.caravancafe.it title War rugs, The Nightmare of Modernism format work publisher ... Rugs and carpets DEFAULTSORT War Rugs Category Afghan rugs and carpets es Tapete de guerra it Tappeto ... more details
File Gendje rug.jpg thumb Gendje Rug with hexagonal lattice Gendje rugs are a category of Caucasus Caucasian rug from the town of that name now called Kirovabad . Gendje is located between the weavings areas of Karabagh , Kazak and Shirvan and it also acted as a marketing centre for weaving from those surrounding areas. Ganja carpet making school includes ganja city and its surrounding villages and territories of the Samukh , Gadabay , Shamkir regions. Ganja carpet making school had a positive influence on the carpet making of the surrounding regions. Ganja carpet making school includes compositions like Ganja carpet , Old Ganja carpet , Golkend carpet , Fakhral carpet , Chaykend carpet , Chayl carpet , Shadyly carpet , Chyraqly carpet , Samukh carpet . The namaz praying carpet Fakhraly included in Ganja group distinguishes with its high art feature, kind of knitting from other carpet compositions. References Ian Bennett, Oriental Rugs, Volume 1 Caucasian , Antique Collectors Club 1981, ISBN 0902028588 Category Rugs and carpets Category Azerbaijani culture Category Turkic rugs az G nc xal a l q m kt bi ... more details
Infobox Company company name Jaipur Rugs Company Pvt. Ltd. company logo Image Jaipur rugs logo.jpg 200px Industry Handmade Carpet Industry foundation 1978 founder Nand Kishore Chaudhary industry Handmade Carpet Industry location city Jaipur location country India products Floor coverings homepage http www.jaipurrugsco.com Jaipur Rugs Jaipur Rugs is a Jaipur, India based company in handmade carpets ... of handmade carpets and specialize in hand knotted carpets. History Jaipur Rugs was founded ... Carpets was converted to Jaipur Rugs Company Pvt Ltd in 2006. At present Jaipur rugs has businesses ... Chaudhary N. K. Chaudhary is the Founder Chairman & Managing Director of Jaipur Rugs. He founded ..., Jaipur Rugs has evolved as a successful leader in the carpet industry. He has been awarded the Ernst ... Ey.com date accessdate 2011 06 02 ref Unique Social Business Model Jaipur Rugs began with two ... in return for measly wages for highly skilled labour. Jaipur Rugs did away with the middlemen by establishing direct link between the weavers and the company. The Jaipur Rugs business model ... for rural men and women in the most depressed parts of India. Jaipur Rugs Foundation Jaipur Rugs Foundation is an initiative of Jaipur Rugs Company. Jaipur Rugs Foundation JRF was born with a dream ... of Jaipur Rugs Company Pvt. Ltd. JRCPL , JRF ensures assured markets and continued employment for its ... A brief overview of Jaipur Rugs areas of operations is as follows No. of states 10 Assam, Bihar, Gujarat ... of Jaipur Rugs in his book The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid citing it as an example of a social business which helps in tackling world poverty. The Jaipur Rugs Case Study is acclaimed to be the best ... 05 26 accessdate 2011 06 02 ref . Another pillar of unique business model of Jaipur rugs is its complex ... s Jaipur Rugs a matter of discourse at Harvard publisher economictimes.indiatimes.com date 2012 01 ... C.K.Prahalad Case study on Jaipur Rugs http techcrunch.com 2010 03 06 replicators innovators and bill ... more details
File Antique alcaraz rug .jpg thumb Antique Alcaraz Rug After 1500, and following the expulsion of the Moors by Ferdinand II of Aragon King Ferdinand and Isabella I of Castile Queen Isabella , Spain Spanish carpet design began to prefer classically inspired European Renaissance styles to the middle eastern designs they had known. sup 1 sup Although the exact region to begin to produce the new style is not yet known, historians have attributed the move towards European design primarily to the Alcaraz in southern Castile . sup 2 sup When executed by the Alcaraz designers, European Renaissance styles over took the carpet field in the form of Acanthus ornament acanthus vinescrolls. On occasion, carpets motif visual arts motifs also included animal features within detailed design. sup 3 sup With the advance of European design, colors became more muted. sup 4 sup The shift in color palette was due to two main factors the loss of the Moors saw the loss of master dyers and new dyes on the market were being experimented with. Popular color schemes of 16th century Alcaraz design include dark green on green and dark yellow on yellow. sup 5 sup References reflist refbegin Gardiner, Roger F. Spuhler Revisited Further Thoughts on the West Berlin Rug Catalog. November, 1988. http www.rugreview.com orr 9 1 31.htm . Dimand, M.S. Two Fifteenth Century Hispano Moresque Rugs. 1964. http www.jstor.org pss 3258226 . Sherrill, Sarah B.Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America.New York Abbeville Press, 1996. ISBN 978 1 55859 383 1 refend External links http books.google.com books?id 6jODAAAAMAAJ&pg PA30&lpg PA30&dq alcarez rugs&source bl&ots 3pRhG5Mhv&sig WhgW2 7wgZVaEPAIiiNyQYrTrs&hl en&ei bQgDS KIN4WylAflhJXrAQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CBEQ6AEwAA v onepage&q &f false History of Hand woven European and American Rugs Rugs and carpets Category Rugs and carpets ... more details
Muslim populations. Kurdish dance has various and numerous versions such as following Yalli Dilan Sepe Kurdish dance Sepe Geryan Chapi Kurdish dance Chapi Rug File Antique kurdish rug 429871.jpg thumb right 100px Antique Kurdish Rug Main KurdishrugsKurdishrugs and carpets do use medallion patterns ...Kurdish culture Kurdish language Kurdish Kulturi Kurdi or and toreya kurd is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurdish people Kurds and their society. Some aspects of Kurdish culture ... year day, which is celebrated on March 21. Music Main Kurdish music Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers storytelling storytellers rokb j , minstrel s stranb j and bard s dengb j . There was no specific music related to the Kurdish princely courts, and instead, music ... ballads recounting the tales of Kurdish heroes of the past like Saladin . Heyran s are love ballads ... and other celebratory songs d lok nar nk , erotic poetry and work song s are also popular. Kurdish .... Dance Main Kurdish dance Kurdish dance is a group of traditional hand holding dances similar .... The beauty of Kurdish designs are enriched by high chroma blues, greens, saffrons as well as terracotta and burnt orange hues made richer still by the lusturous wool used. The traditional Kurdish Rug uses Kurdish symbols. It is possible to read the dreams, wishes and hopes of the rug maker ... into Kurdish rug making Kurdish people study how meaning is constructed and understood by talking ... angel of Yazidism religion Main articles Cultural Muslim , Yazidism , Yarsan , Yazdanism , Kurdish Jews , Kurdish Christians Before the spread of Islam in the 7th century AD, the majority of Kurds practised ... Before the arrival of Islam in the 7th century AD, a large part of the Kurdish population practised Christianity. Kurdish Christians can still be found in small numbers, especially in Iraqi Kurdistan ... more details
Essay like article date April 2008 Kurdish mythology is the collective term for the beliefs and practices of the culturally, ethnically or linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Kurdistan mountains of Taurus Mountains Taurus and Western Zagros in northern Mesopotamia . In Kurdish mythology, Kurds are descended of people who fled to the mountains to save their lives from the oppression of a despotic king. It is believed that the people who fled and hid in the mountains over the course of history created a kurdish people Kurdish ethnicity. Bulloch and Morris. p50 Mountains, to this day, are still important geographical and symbolic figures in Kurdish life. The Mount Judi is the most important mountain in Kurdish folklore and along with Mount Ararat is one of the mountains that is thought to be the final resting place of Noah s Ark . In Kurdish mythology Patriarch Abraham Hebrew Bible Abraham is considered to be a Kurdish people Kurd . He was from the present day of Kurdistan and his place of birth is located in historic Kurdish city of Ruha Urfa . It is still one of the holiest places in Kurdistan and in Kurdish folklore. References Unreferenced date February 2008 See also Iranian mythology Kurdish culture Category Kurdish mythology Category Kurdish culture MEast myth stub ... more details
Kurdish PEN or The Kurdish Centre of the International PEN Navenda PEN a Kurd in Kurdish language Kurdish is a branch of International PEN . It was suggested by Kurdish writer H seyin Erdem and voted into existence during International PEN s conference in Cambridge in 1988. Its headquarters are located in Cologne , Germany . The Kurdish PEN Center actively works with Kurdish writers in all parts of Kurdistan to promote the Kurdish language and Kurdish literature literature . The Center is headed by Dr. Zaradachet Hajo . Kurdish PEN publishes research articles related to Kurdish culture in four languages English language English , German language German , Spanish language Spanish and Kurdish language Kurdish . The Kurdish PEN is also active in Turkey , where it organized a conference on cultural diversity in March 2005 in Diyarbak r . It also encourages writers of International PEN to visit Kurdistan and meet Kurdish writers http www.cordite.org.au archives 001037.html . Founding Members Mehmed Uzun H seyn Erdem Yayla M nch Bucak Abdurrahman Nakshabandy H seyin Kartal Emine Erdem Haydar I ik External links http www.pen kurd.org index en.html Kurdish PEN http www.pen kurd.org englizi congress5.html The 5th Conference of the Kurdish PEN, Berlin, March 2003 http www.internationalpen.org.uk index.php?pid 33&aid 290 The International PEN seminar on Cultural Diversity, Diraybakir, March 2005 http www.pencanada.ca PEN Canada Category Kurdish language media Category International PEN centers Category Organisations based in Cologne de Kurdisches P.E.N. Zentrum ku Navenda PEN a Kurd ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Kurdish cinema lang ku mainly evokes the poverty and sufferings of the Kurdish people in the Middle East . Yilmaz G ney , Hiner Saleem , Bahman Qubadi , Mano Khalil , Shero Rauf , Jano Rosebiani , Kazim Oz, Shewket Amin Korki, Havi Ibrahim , Hisham Zaman, Jay Jonroy and Y ksel Yavuz are among the better known Kurdish directors. The following is a list of some better known Kurdish films The Legend of Kawa the Blacksmith ,2009 David & Layla , 2006 Turtles Can Fly , 2004 Vodka Lemon , 2004 Jiyan , 2002 Marooned in Iraq , 2002 A Time for Drunken Horses , 2000 Yol , 1982 A Song For Beko Klamek ji bo Beko , 1992 Kurdish Film Files http tcnarchive.blogspot.com 2006 10 kurdish film files.html Kurdish culture DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Cinema Category Kurdish culture Film genre stub fr Cin ma kurde ku L steya f lm n kurd tr K rt sinemas ... more details
Kurdish people Kurdish traditional clothing lang ku Cil Kurd are variant and an ongoing part of Kurdish heritage. Kurdish clothes have never gone out of fashion. Types of clothing and accessories Rank ... Kurdish dress The traditional Kurdish dresses ref A Kurd in traditional dress from the Caucasus Region .... The Kurdish costume was worn every day in the past. Currently some women still wear them on a daily ... in colour and have little or no accessories or embroideries. In the present day the Kurdish dress is more commonly worn on special occasions. Traditional Kurdish women s outfit includes either ... beneath the gown. A belt over the gown is also needed. Traditionally women wore Kurdish hats ornamented ... is usually the dazzling masterpiece of the outfit. Most commonly Kurdish women wear a mesh ... material used to make the women s national Kurdish dress http www.flickr.com photos maureenmc 393394150 ref . The brightly coloured outfits characterize the spirit of the Kurdish people. There are many different structural designs of the gown. The most common ones today are the traditional Kurdish region gown which is straight top to bottom with very long sleeves and the Kurdish Iranian gown which ... are inexpensive unlike the Lira coins. The traditional Kurdish hat is usually black velveteen ornamented with traditional amber and turquoise beads ref Kurdish Photos A little Kurdish girl http www.fortunecity.com victorian portfolio 160 id48.htm ref with gold or silver charms. Traditional Kurdish ... belt but the coins are inexpensive unlike the Lira coins. Modern dress Most Kurdish women and men have a large collection of Kurdish dresses and are always on the lookout for new designs and fabric ... specialize in making Kurdish clothes. Recently these respected tailors have turned into designers ... Kurdish styles ref About Dilla http www.dellalondon.co.uk about ref . There are so many different styles of the Kurdish dress clothes today that in recent years there have been many fashion shows ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Kurdish American population 9,423 2000 census ref cite web author US Census ... 2010 11 14 ref br popplace Tennessee , Virginia image image caption languages American English Kurdish language Kurdish religions Muslim small mostly Sunni small some Yezidi also, small numbers of Christians related Other Iranian people s footnotes Kurdish Americans are Demography of the United States Americans of Kurdish people Kurdish descent, the majority of Kurdish Americans are recent migrants. History Kurdish immigration in the United States began in the twentieth century. The Kurdish who ... the Kurdish emigration to United States like to Iran . ref name journeyintoamerica http journeyintoamerica.wordpress.com ... arrive to Nashville, the first group of Kurdish refugees. The following year, many Iraqis of Kurdish descent emigrated to the U.S., although the majority of the Kurdish of the second wave that came ... v002 001 article04.php Kurdish Herald. February 2010 by Hero Karimi. Retrieved November 29, 2011, to 21 58 pm ref This migration was due to the support of many Kurdish to Iran in the Iran Iraq War ... moved to the U.S. during this time. The last wave of migration Kurdish to the United States or at least to Nashville , the main area of Kurdish communities in this country, was Between 1996 and 1997, developed .... Kurdish refugees crossed the Turkish border, place where they were evacuated to Guam a military ... The total Kurdish people Kurdish population in the United States in 2000 census was 9,423 ref ... Nashville , Tennessee has the United States largest population of Kurdish people. Based on the 2000 census, the Kurdish population in Tennessee is 2,405 ref http www.mla.org map data results&state id 47&place id 52006&cty id ref and in the city of Nashville, Tennessee Nashville the Kurdish people Kurdish population is 1,770 based on 2000 census. ref http www.mla.org map data results&state id 47&place id 52006&cty id ref Though most Kurdish people follow Sunni Islam, there are also minorities ... more details
Infobox language name Southern Kurdish nativename states Eastern Iraq , Western Iran region Main in Western Iran, Kermanshah , Ilam Province , eastern Kurdistan Province , western Hamedan province , Qazvin province , southern kurds diaspora in Tehran province , Alborz province Eastern Iraq border with those provinces including Xanaqin , Kifri , Mandali , Qorwaq and Baghdad . speakers About 6,000,000 ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code sdh Ethnologue Kurdish, Southern ref in Iran, Iraq and elsewhere. familycolor Indo European fam2 Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian fam3 Iranian languages Iranian fam4 Western fam5 Northwestern fam6 Kurdish language Kurdish iso3 sdh lingua 58 AAA c map SOUTHERN KURDISH.JPG mapcaption Southern Kurdish Area Southern Kurdish Southern Kurdish Kurd Xuwarig , also called Kermashani dialect Kerm n hi , belongs to the Northwestern Iranian languages and is predominantly spoken in western Iran and eastern Iraq . In Iran , it is spoken in the provinces of Kermanshah Kerm n n and Ilam Province Ilam . In Iraq it is spoken in the region of Khanaqin Xaneq n , all the way to Mandali , Pehle . It is also the language of the populous Kurdish people Kurdish Kakay tribe near Kerkuk and the Zengene s near Kifr . There are also populous diasporas of Southern Kurdish Dialects group found in the Alburz mountains. Its dialects are Kolya , Kermashani dialect Kermanshahi Kerm n n , Kalhuri , Garrusi Gerr s Bijari , Sanj bi Sencab .... 1388 ref Southern Kurdish which is spoken in Iran in Ilam Province Ilam and Kermanshah provinces ... ref See also Kermashani dialect Kermanshahi Kalhor tribe Kalhor Gorani , Hewrami Central Kurdish Northern Kurdish External links Incubator code sdh language Southern Kurdish http www.kirmashan.com Information regarding Southern Kurdish http www.kurdishacademy.org Kurdish Academy of Language describing Southern Kurdish References references Kurdish language Iranian languages Category Kurdish ... more details
The Kurdish Globe , previously known as The Hewler Globe , is the first English language English language newspaper published in Arbil , Iraqi Kurdistan Region Kurdistan , northern Iraq . Published for the first time on March 31, 2005, its editing Editor in Chief and founder is Jawad Qadir. The name was changed from The Hewler Globe to The Kurdish Globe since the paper included issues of a pan Kurdish nature, including all parts of Kurdistan in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria, and not just Hewl r Kurdish language Kurdish for Arbil . This weekly newspaper is published every Tuesday. It focuses primarily on Kurdish issues ranging from politics to culture, as well as Middle East related issues and politics. Its main rival is SOMA Digest , the second English language newspaper published in the Kurdistan region. Whereas The Kurdish Globe is edited from the point of view of the Kurdistan Regional Government , SOMA Digest is closely related to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK . External links http www.kurdishglobe.net Official website br DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Globe Category Newspapers published in Iraq Category English language newspapers published in Arab countries Category Arbil iraq stub Asia newspaper stub ... more details
Kurdish dance Kurdish language Kurdish Govend , Hilperk ref http ku.wiktionary.org wiki govend Govend , Kurdish Wiktionary. ref is a group of traditional hand holding dance s similar to those from the Balkans , Lebanon and Eastern European countries. It is a form of round dancing , with a single or a couple of figure dancers often added to the geometrical centre of the dancing circle. According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam , Kurdish people Kurds sing and dance in all of their festivals, birthday s, New Year s, Newroz , marriage and other ceremonies. Its noteworthy that these Kurdish folklore folkloric dances are mixed gender which distinguishes the Kurds from a few other neighbouring Islam Muslim populations. ref Kurds, Kurdistan , Part 4. Dances and music, The Encyclopedia of Islam ... BRILL Publishers, 1986, 1263 pp. see p. 477 . ref Roots of Kurdish dance Kurdish dances reflect samples of Kurdish life over the past thousands of years. Rhythmic and elegant movements originating from historical record, geographical location, the Kurdish way of living, beliefs, work and struggle, war and quarrel , are called called Halparke or Helperk Hilperk in Kurdish alphabet . Halparke has ... place. Some kinds of these rhythms wear out and are forgotten through the passage of time. Kurdish ... Image KurdishDance.JPG thumb 230px Berlin Germany. Carneval of Cultures. Kurdish dance performance In every ... from many ages. You can have 3 years old and 83 year olds in the same line at a party. Some Kurdish ... Kurdish dances. It consists of stepping forward on the left foot twice and then stepping back on the right ... and certain aspects of this dance have been inspired from Kurdish people Kurdish traditions such as the Kurdish Dance and added to the dance to create what we know now. References reflist See also Kurdish culture Assyrian dance Debke a form of Arabic dance Kurdish culture Category Kurdish dance Category Kurdish culture ar fa ka ku Govend no Halperke sv Kurdisk dans ... more details
File Kurdish states 1835.png thumb Kurdish Independent Kingdoms and Autonomous Principalities circa 1835 The Kurdish chiefdoms or principalities were several semi independent entities which existed during the 16th to 19 centuries in a state of Perpetual war continuous warfare against the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran, at times siding with either of them. ref name kurd globe http www.kurdishglobe.net display article.html?id 01049DD6BFAED3CC91CD1C6113D2014A KurdishGlobe Kurdish Nationalism in Mam u Zin of Ahmad Kh n Part XII ref The Kurdish principalities were almost always divided and entered into violent rivalries against each other. ref name kurd globe The demarcation of borders between the Safavid Shah Safiuddin and the Ottoman caliph Sultan Murad IV in 1639 effectively divided Kurdistan between the two empires. ref name kurd globe The eyalet of Diyarbakir ultimately covered all major and minor Kurdish chiefdoms except for Kelhor , Erdalan Ardalan , Baban , Sehrizor Shahrizor and Mukri Mokri . ref Google books CttLWEaTrJUC page 49 Kurdish notables and the Ottoman state evolving identities, competing ... By Hakan zo lu ref List Major emirates Ardalan Hakkari Imadiye Bitlis Hisnkeyfa Cezire Bohtan Gurkil Finiq Minor emirates div style moz column count 5 column count 5 Sohran emisgezek Mecengird Mazgird Pertek Sagman Mirdasi Egil , Palu , ermik Hazzo Sasun Erzen Zirqan G rd kan Ataq Tercil Mihrani Hizan Suveydi Han k , Gen , apaq ur S leymandi Qulp , Mifariqin Amid Mardin Arabkir Kigi Harput Ergani Siverek Ruha Urfa Bire Raqqa Suruc Cammasa Deyr Rahba Beni Rabia Mosul Eski Mosul Ana ve Hit Habur Sincar Aq aqale Nisibin Si ird Masyum u Tur H snru Ahakis Dasini Zaho div References reflist Google books fpk3AAAAIAAJ page 19 Evli ya elebi in Diyarbekir the relevant section of The seyahatname By Evli ya elebi , Martin van Bruinessen , Hendrik Boeschoten See also List of Kurdish dynasties and countries Category Kurdish dynasties Category Former Kurdish states ... more details
Kurds Kurdish literature in Kurdish language Kurdish ku W je W jeya Kurd refers to literature written in Kurdish language . Literary Kurdish works have been written in one of the three main dialects of Gorani ... 51 Kurdish Literature , Kurdish Academy of Language ref ref http www.cultinfo.ru fulltext 1 001 008 067 630.htm In Russian ref is one of the first well known poets who wrote in Kurdish. He was from ... and Iranian Kurdistan, is classified in some sources as a branch of Kurdish http www.kurdishacademy.org ... kurdish&ct although this is disputed by others. http www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk siamakr Kurdish Papers Hassanpour98.html .... Based on this date, Meshef can be considered as the oldest piece of prose in Kurmanji. The Kurdish ... distich s,is probably the best known and most popular of the classical Kurdish poets. ref cite encyclopedia last KREYENBROEK first PHILIP G. title KURDISH WRITTEN LITERATURE encyclopedia Encyclopedia Iranica accessdate 2009 06 04 url http www.iranicaonline.org articles kurdish written literature ... source of Kurdish culture, history and mythology. This work also emphasizes the nationalism national aspirations of the Kurdish people. Mam of the Alan clan and Zin of Buhtan family are two lovers ..., had the opportunity of elementary and university education in Kurdish and for many decades. This in turn lead to an appearance of several Kurdish writers and researchers among them. The literary works of Kurdoev and Shamilov are the well known examples of Kurdish prose in the 20th century. The first modern latin based alphabet for Kurdish was created by Jaladat Ali Badirkhan , the poet and writer ... a massive effort on the part of Kurds in Turkey to write and to create literary works in Kurdish ... are living. There are a number of Kurdish publishers in Sweden, partly supported by the Swedish Government . More than two hundred Kurdish titles have appeared in the 1990s. Some of the well known contemporary Kurdish writers from Turkey are Firat Cewer , Mehmed Uzun , Mehmed Emin Bozarslan , Mahmud ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2011 Kurdish dialects are dialects of the Kurdish language . They are linguistic varieties which differ in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar from each other and from the various standardised forms of Kurdish. Classification The Kurdish language and its dialects are part of the Northwestern Iranian languages group. The following macrodialects are commonly described for Kurdish although the debate continues whether some or indeed all of these should be classified as languages Kurmanji Northern Kurdish The branch with the most speakers, spoken in Turkey , Syria , Iraq , Iran , Armenia and the Lebanon . It has an estimated 8 10 million speakers and has been written in the Latin script since the 1930s. Its main dialects are engal Mosul , Judikani Central Anatolia Qerejdax Urfa , Qamishlo etc Botan Boxt Cizre Botan , Serhedk Western Azerbaijan , Van , Erzurum , Kars , A r , Mu etc. , Hekkar Hakkari , Behd n Duhok, Iraq Dahuk and Western Azerbaijan Tor Mardin and Siirt Xerz Batman, Turkey Batman and Siirt Qochan Greater Khorasan Birjand Khorasan Elburz Dailam Western Kurmanji Reshvani Adiyaman Sems r Gaziantep Entab , Kahramanmara Mere , Sivas , Dersim , Melet etc Central Kurmanji around Diyarbakir Sorani Central Kurdish Spoken to the South of the Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdish areas and in Western Iran by approx. 5 million speakers. It is written in a Kurdish variant of the Perso Arabic script but also in a Latin based system. Hewl r in Arbil , Pishdar south of Arbil Xaneq n in Khanaqin , Mukr in Mukriyan , Sil man Soran Baban ... in Kirkuk , Jaffi spoken in Jaff Stamm , Judeo Kurdisch in Kermanshah and Hamadan Southern Kurdish Southern Kurdish diverges considerably from the other branches. Its main dialects are Kelhur , Kolyai ... Ilam , Silax r and Xacevend in Mazandaran References reflist Kurdish language Iranian languages Iraq topics DEFAULTSORT Kurdish Dialects Category Kurdish language Category Languages of Armenia Category ... more details
The problem of Kurdish refugees and displaced has been created over the 20th century in the Middle East ... disastrous on the course of the 1920s and 1930s, when large scale Kurdish rebellions , resulted in massive massacres and expulsion of hundreds of thousands. Since the 1970s, renewed violence of the Kurdish ..., the Kurdish strive for autonomy and independence loomed into armed conflicts since the 1919 Mahmud Barzanji revolt. The displacement however became most significant during the Iraqi Kurdish conflict ... to cleanse northern Iraq of its Kurdish majority. Tens of thousands of Kurds turned displaced and fled the war zones following First Kurdish Iraqi War First and Second Kurdish Iraqi War s in 1960s and 1970s ... all together generated several millions of primarily Kurdish refugees, who mostly found refuge in Iran, while others dispersed into Kurdish diaspora in Europe and the Americas. Iran alone provided ... Gulf War 1990 91 and the subsequent rebellions. Today, a large portion of the Kurdish population is composed of Kurdish refugees and displaced and their descendants. Refugees themselves still comprise a significant proportion of Iranian and Syrian Kurds. Recently, the Syrian Kurdish community was declaired ... Kurds were given an official status in Syria. Kurdish refugees and displaced during World War I Empty section date August 2011 Demographic catastrophe of the Kurdish rebellions against Turkey Empty section date August 2011 Refugees of the Kurdish Iraqi conflict First Kurdish Iraqi War Empty section date August 2011 Second Kurdish Iraqi War and the Arabization campaign in North Iraq See also Kurdish villages destroyed during the Iraqi Arabization campaign For decades, Saddam Hussein Arabization ... Sunni Arabs driving out Kurds in northern Iraq ref Nowadays, eastern Mosul is Kurdish and western ..., History, Politics. p71 ref Displacement in Kurdish Turkish conflict See also Kurdish villages depopulated by Turkey In total up to 3,000,000 people mainly Kurds have been displaced in the Kurdish ... more details
Kurdish rebellion may refer to The Sheikh Ubeydullah Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century The Kurdish rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in World War I 1914 1918 The First Mahmud Barzanji Revolt where in the Kingdom of Kurdistan was declared 1919 1922 The military campaign led by Simko Shikak to capture all of Iran 1919 1922 The Ko kiri Rebellion in Dersim region of Turkey 1920 1921 The Second Mahmoud Barzani Revolt after his return to Iraq 1923 1932 The Sheikh Said rebellion in Diyarbakir and Mardin province Mardin regions of Turkey 1925 The Sheikh Abdurrahman rebellion in Bing l Province Bing l , Erzurum Province Erzurum and Mardin regions of Turkey 1927 The Ararat rebellion in the A r province of Turkey when the Republic of Ararat was declared 1927 1930 The Dersim rebellion in the Dersim region of Turkey 1937 1938 The Iranian invasion of the Autonomous Republic of Mahabad 1946 The First Kurdish Iraqi War 1961 1970 The Second Kurdish Iraqi War 1974 1991 which includes the Kurdish participation in the Iran Iraq War and the 1991 uprisings in Iraq The Riots and armed conflict in Kurdistan province of Iran during and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution 1979 1982 The Kurdish Turkish conflict which started in 1978 and includes two uprisings 1984 1999 and 2004 present disambig ... more details
Kurdish people Kurdish women Kurdish language Kurdish Jin n Afiret n Kurd have traditionally played important roles in Kurdish history, society and politics. Image Lady Adela.jpg thumb 300px Lady Adela ... ad Din Bitlisi s 1597 Sharafn ma mentions three Kurdish women assuming power in Kurdish principalities . Evliya elebi also noted that Kurdish women did occasionally assume power in Kurdistan and Ottoman ... Kurdish Women contribution url editor last Joseph editor first Suad editor link editor2 last Najm b di ... after the suppression of Massacres of Badr Khan Bedir Khan revolt in 1847. A young Kurdish woman named ... and order in the region of Halabja is attributed to her sound judgement. ref W. Jwaideh, The Kurdish ... ref In Society and Literature According to the Kurdish writer Mahmud Bayazidi, the Kurdish women ... Kurdish literature, both matriarchal and patriarchal tendencies are found. In the Ballad of Las ... European travelers have mentioned that Kurdish women enjoyed more freedom than their Persian, Arab ... and guests , and female rulers. ref M. Galletti, Western Images of woman s role in Kurdish ..., 2001, pp.209 225. ref Vladimir Minorsky has reported several cases of Kurdish women running the affairs ..., pp.73 80, 1945. p.78 ref Kurdish Women in Iraq The prominent Kurdish poet Abdulla Goran Goran denounced discrimination and violence against women. The first journal for Kurdish women, Deng Afiret Woman s Voice , was published in 1953. Following the overthrow of monarchy in 1958, the Union of Kurdish ... civil control and abolishing honor killing. The first female judge in Middle East was a Kurdish woman ..., Kurdish women were kept in concentration camps and rape was used as a form of punishment. In 1994, Kurdish women marched for peace from Sulaimaniya to Arbil and protested against the civil war in Iraqi ... important figures in the Iraqi civil administration. ref name Women in the New Iraq Kurdish Women ... 21, 2007. In 1919, Kurdish women formed their first organization, the Society for the Advancement of Kurdish ... more details
Kurdish Christians Kurdish language Kurdish lang ku Kurd n Xir st ref http ku.wiktionary.org wiki xir C3 AEstiyan Massehi in Kurdish Wiktionary ref are Kurdish people Kurds who follow Christianity and mostly ... . The Arabic word lang ku Mes h is also sometimes used. Kurdish Christians should not be confused with other ... , Armenian people Armenians or Georgian people Georgians . The total number of Kurdish Christians today ... Empire . However, there were Kurdish converts to Christianity even after the spread of Islam. In the ninth ... Empire, Slavic Review , p.111, 1968. ref During the same period, the Kurdish prince Ibn ad Dahhak ..., Vizantija i araby. Vol. II. Saint Petersburg, 1902 , p. 220. ref There were many Kurdish Christian ... church.html ref and 13th centuries AD. In the late 11th and the early 12th century AD, Kurdish ..., several Christian villages existed in Kurdistan , whose inhabitants spoke only Kurdish language Kurdish , and there were Muslim Kurdish tribes that recalled they were once Christians. Kurds who converted ... Geographical Society reported about a Kurdish tribe in Sivas which retained certain Christian observances ..., p.313 ref It is also possible that many Kurdish Christians have been linguistically and hence ethnically ... to serve the Kurds of Iran. From 1911 to 1916, it established a Kurdish Wiktionary congregation ... prominent Kurdish leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan , Ahmed Barzani Sheikh Ahmed Barzani who was a brother ... government in 1931 ref The Kurdish Minority Problem , p.11, Dec. 1948, ORE 71 48, CIA http www.foia.cia.gov docs DOC 0000258376 0000258376 0014.gif . ref . Contemporary Kurdish Christians Image ... in 1991, Christian agencies offered help to Kurdish refugees, who were amazed that the assistance ..., Sep. 1997 ref The Kurdish Speaking Church of Christ The Kurdzman Church of Christ was established in Hewl r ... governorates. This is the first evangelicalism evangelical Kurdish church in Iraq. ref http www.revivaltimes.org ... of 300 new Kurdish converts. ref http www.globalsecurity.org wmd library news iraq 2005 04 imm ... more details
Infobox language name Kurdish nativename , Kurd , Kurd , ref cite web url http www.kurdishacademy.org ?q node 41 title Kurdish Language Kurdish Academy of Language publisher Kurdishacademy.org ... flag Armenia br flag Azerbaijan List of countries by Kurdish speaking population see article for full ... http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code kur title Ethnologue figure for Kurdish publisher Ethnologue.com ... alphabet Perso Arabic Kurdish alphabet Sorani alphabet Sorani alphabet in Iraq and Iran, Latin script Latin Kurdish alphabet Hawar alphabet Hawar alphabet in Turkey, Syria and Armenia nation flag Iraq ... Kurdish lc4 lki ld4 Laki language Laki This code isn t part of the macrolanguage per SIL lingua 58 AAA a North Kurdish incl. Kurmanji & Kurmanjiki 58 AAA b Central Kurdish incl. Dimli Zaza & Gurani 58 AAA c South Kurdish incl. Kurdi notice IPA File Moderniranianlanguagesmap.jpg thumb Geographic distribution of the Kurdish language in turquoise File Iranian people.jpg thumb upright 1.30 alt iranian people Map of Iranian peoples in Iran. KurdishKurdish lang ku Kurd or lang ckb is a dialect ... of the Indo Iranian languages Indo Iranian group of Indo European languages . The Kurdish language ... population of Turkey speaks Kurdish as their native or second language. ref http www.milliyet.com.tr ... icon ref According to the CIA World Factbook , 9 of total population of Iran speaks Kurdish. ref cite ... than speakers of Kurdish varieties, estimated to be between 25 30 million. ref CIA 14 million ..., Georgina Fryer, Kurdish Human Rights Project 2004 23 of Turkey, 23 of Iraq, 10 of Iran, 6 of Syria ... is Kurdish. ref ref John L. Henriques , Syria issues and historical background , Nova Science Publishers ref Kurdish is not a unified standard language but a discursive construct of languages ... to only as Kurdish in political documents, is in fact an academic and standardized version ... tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan. 2001. However, it was the southern dialect of Kurdish, Sorani, the majority ... more details
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