Kingdom of Kurdistan Keyaniya Kurdistanê شانشینی کوردستان | |||||||||
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| 1921–1924/1925 | |||||||||
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| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||
| Capital | Sulaymaniyah | ||||||||
| Common languages | Kurdish | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Mahmud Barzanji | |||||||||
• Prime Minister | Qadir Barzanji | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
| 10 August 1920 | |||||||||
• Proclaimed | September 1921 | ||||||||
| 24 July 1923 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | July 1924/1925 | ||||||||
| 3 October 1932 | |||||||||
| Currency | Kurdish notes | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Kurdistan[2][3] was a short-lived Kurdish state proclaimed in the city of Sulaymaniyah following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It lasted from September 1921 until July 1925.[4] Officially, the territory involved was under the jurisdiction of the British Mandate of Mesopotamia.
- ^ "Rojî Kurdistan* 1922-1923 (Silêmanî) official newspaper of Kinddom of Kurdistan". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Facts On File, Incorporated (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East, Kingdom of Kurdistan. Infobase. ISBN 9781438126760. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Asadi, Awat (2007). Der Kurdistan-Irak-Konflikt: der Weg zur Autonomie seit dem ersten Weltkrieg. Verlag Hans Schiler. ISBN 9783899300239. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Prince, J. (1993), "A Kurdish State in Iraq" in Current History, January.