Kingdom of Kurdistan
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The Kingdom of Kurdistan was a short-lived, early 20th-century Kurdish monarchy centered in northern Iraq that represented one of the first modern attempts to establish an independent Kurdish state.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahmud Barzanji Kingdom | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former monarchy
ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ unrecognized state ⓘ |
| aim | establish independent Kurdish state ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kingdom of Kurdistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahmud Barzanji Kingdom
|
| capital | Sulaymaniyah ⓘ |
| commonLanguage | Kurdish ⓘ |
| conflict |
Iraqi Kurdish rebellions
ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (early 1920s)
|
| conventionalLongName | Kingdom of Kurdistan self-link ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Kurdistan self-link ⓘ |
| currencyUsed | Iraqi rupee or local currencies ⓘ |
| demographicMajority | Kurdish population ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause |
British intervention
ⓘ
military defeat ⓘ |
| duration | short-lived ⓘ |
| endDate | 1924 ⓘ |
| establishedAfter |
Treaty of Sèvres
ⓘ
collapse of Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kurds ⓘ |
| firstRuler | Mahmud Barzanji ⓘ |
| flagUsed | flag associated with Mahmud Barzanji’s rule ⓘ |
| followedBy | Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| headOfState | Mahmud Barzanji ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Interwar period
ⓘ
post–World War I period ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Kurdistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi Kurdistan
|
| leader | Mahmud Barzanji ⓘ |
| legacy |
early attempt at modern Kurdish statehood
ⓘ
symbol of Kurdish self-determination ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Iraq
|
| monarch | Mahmud Barzanji ⓘ |
| notableCity | Sulaymaniyah ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
British Iraq Mandate
ⓘ
surface form:
British authorities in Iraq
Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ |
| partOf | modern history of Kurdistan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | none or very few states ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kurdish independence movement
ⓘ
Kurdish nationalism ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | king ⓘ |
| shortName | Kingdom of Kurdistan self-link ⓘ |
| startDate | 1922 ⓘ |
| successorState | Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mahmud Barzanji Kingdom