Kurdish tribes and emirates

Kurdish tribes and emirates appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Mesopotamia (Middle East) from c. 640 CE to the present, a span of 1,385 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Iranian-speaking people of the Zagros and Taurus mountains, organised in tribes and emirates such as Soran, Baban and Bohtan until the Ottomans abolished them in the 19th century. They remain divided among four states.

See Kurdish tribes and emirates on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 640 CE to the present

Duration

1,385 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Mesopotamia, Middle East

Language family

Iranian

Events in Middle East during its time

• 680 Battle of Karbala
• 762 Founding of Baghdad
• 1071 Battle of Manzikert
• 1099 Crusaders take Jerusalem
• 1187 Battle of Hattin
• 1258 Mongols sack Baghdad
• 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut
• 1514 Battle of Chaldiran

Neighbours in Middle East

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Abbasid Caliphate 750 to 1258 CE
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE
• Safavid Empire 1501 to 1736 CE
• Great Seljuk Empire 1037 to 1194 CE
• Umayyad Caliphate 661 to 750 CE
• Rashidun Caliphate 632 to 661 CE
• Zaydi Imamate of Yemen 897 to 1918 CE
• Kingdom of Georgia 1008 to 1490 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia

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