Principality of Mahmudi Kurds 1406 - 1839 [Thread]

The Mahmudi, also known as Pinyanişi, were rulers of a Kurdish principality that ruled Van, Hakkari, & Khoy from 14th-19th century. They originally followed #Ezidism & became Muslim in the 16th century.

📽️Castle of the Mahmudi In 17th century, Evliya Çelebi reports that this tribe had 60,000 warriors.

Origin of The Kurds

Much more is known of the Hurrians. They spoke a language of the Northeast Caucasian family of languages (or Alarodian), kin to modern Chechen and Lezgian. The Hurrians spread far and wide, dominating much territory outside their Zagros-Taurus mountain base. Their settlement of Anatolia was complete-all the way to the Aegean coasts. Like their Kurdish descendents, they however did not expand too far from the mountains.

Caucasian Kurds - Kurdên Qefqasyayê ☀️

This old documentary in full at this link According to 2002 data, the regions where Kurds live in Russia. Apart from this, a significant Kurdish population lives in Armenia and Georgia.

The Legend of Shahmaran in Kurdish Mythology 🐍☀️ Part 2.