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This is a list of Kurdish dynasties, countries and autonomous territories. The Kurds are an Iranian people without their own nation state, they inhabit a geo-cultural region known as "Kurdistan" which lies in east Turkey, north Syria, north Iraq and west Iran. (For more information see Origin of the Kurds.)[1][2]
Prior to the Ayyubid dynasty (until 1171)
- Hadhabanis (906–1080)
- Aishanids (912–961)[3]
- Daysam's Adharbayjan (938–955)[4]
- Shaddadids (951–1199)[5]
- Rawwadids (955–1071)
- Hasanwayhids (959–1014)[6]
- Marwanids (983–1096)[5]
- Annazids (990/91[7][8]–1117)[7]
- Shabankara (11th century–12th century)[9][10]
- Principality of Eğil (1049–1864)[11]
- Hazaraspids (1115–1425)
- Zakarids (1161–1360)[12][13][14]
- Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1341)[15]
After the Ayyubid dynasty (after 1171)
- Emirate of Kilis (1181/1183–1610)[16]
- Principality of Bitlis (1187–1847)
- Emirate of Şirvan (?–1840s)[17]
- Emirate of Çemişgezek (13th century–1663)[18]
- Principality of Donboli (1210–1799)[19]
- Emirate of Bingöl (1231–1864)[20]
- Emirate of Hasankeyf (1232[20]–1524[20])
- Mukriyan (14th century–19th century)[21]
- Vassaldom of Ardalan (14th century[22]–1865 or 1868[23][24])
- Principality of Zirqan (1335–1835)
- Emirate of Bahdinan (1339[25]–1843[26])
- Emirate of Hakkâri (Before 1380s–1845)[27]
- Principality of Suleyman[28] (15th century–1838)
- Principality of Mahmudi (1406–1839)[29]
- Zarrinnaal Dynasty (1448–1925)
- Emirate of Palu (1495–1845)[30]
- Emirate of Pazooka (1499–1587)[31]
16th century onwards
- Baban (16th century–1850)[32]
- Emirate of Bradost (1510–1609)[33]
- Emirate of Bohtan (before 1514–1847)[34]
- Emirate of Soran (before 1514[35]–1836[36])
- Principality of Pinyaşi (1548–1823)[37]
- Sarab Khanate (18th century)[38]
- Zand dynasty (1750–1794) – The dynasty is of Kurdish Lak origin.[39][40]
- Tabriz Khanate (1757–1799)[38]
- Hasan Khan dynasty in Pish-e Kuh (1795–1820)[41]
- Emirate of Miks (?–1846)[42]
- Kurdish State (1918–1919)
- Kingdom of Kurdistan (1921–1924 and 1925)
- Kurdistan Uezd (1923–1929)
- Kurdistan Okrug (1930)
- Republic of Ararat (1927–1931)
- Republic of Mahabad (1946–1947)
- Republic of Laçin (1992)[43]
- Islamic Emirate of Byara (2001–2003)
Provisions of the Treaty of Sèvres for an independent Kurdistan (in 1920)
The Republic of Mahabad between 1946 and 1947
The Islamic Emirate of Byara (black) at their peak, controlling most of the Halabja Governorate
- Kurdistan Region (autonomous region in Iraq, 1970–present)
- Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (self-proclaimed autonomous region declared during the Syrian Civil War by the PYD) (2012–present)
Kurdistan Region in 1975
Kurdistan Region in 1998
Kurdistan Region in 2012
Current situation of the Kurdistan Region
- Safavid dynasty (1501–1736) – The dynasty was partly of Kurdish origin.[44][45][46]
- Kurdish emirates
- Kurdistan Eyalet
- House of Kayus
- Corduene
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The Safavids, as Iranians of Kurdish ancestry and of nontribal background (...)
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As Persians of Kurdish ancestry and of a non-tribal background, the Safavids (...)
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This official version contains textual changes designed to obscure the Kurdish origins of the Safavid family and to vindicate their claim to descent from the Imams.
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RAWWADIDS [...] a family of Arab descent [...] Their Kurdicized descendants ruled over Azerbaijan and parts of Armenia in the second half of the 10th and much of the 11th century.
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