Kurds or the Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group of the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a contiguous area known as Kurdistan. Geographically, those four adjacent and often-mountainous areas include southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are also exclaves of Kurds in central Anatolia and Khorasan. Additionally, there are significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey, in particular Istanbul, while a Kurdish diaspora has developed in Western Europe, primarily in Germany. Numerically, the Kurds are estimated to number anywhere from a low of 30 million, to possibly as high as 45 million.
Ilam Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in the western part of the country, sharing 425 kilometers of border with Iraq, and also bordering on the provinces of Kermanshah, Lurestan, and Khuzestan. The provincial capital is the city of Ilam. The population of the province is approximately 600,000 people.
Ilam is a city and capital of Ilam Province, Iran. It is the third largest Kurdish city in Iran; and its people are Shia Muslims. At the 2011 census, its population was 213,579 people, and 52,474 families.The Kabir Kuh mountain range lies east of the city. From the west it borders Iraq. The city is populated by Kurds and they speak Southern Kurdish.
The Zand dynasty was an Iranian dynasty of Lak a branch of Lurs origin founded by Karim Khan Zand that initially ruled southern and central Iran in the 18th century. It later quickly came to expand to include much of the rest of contemporary Iran, as well as Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and parts of Iraq and Armenia.
Kermanshah, the capital of Kermanshah Province, is located 525 kilometres from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2011 census, its population is 851,405. A majority of the population speaks Southern Kurdish. Kermanshah has a moderate and mountainous climate. Kermanshah is the largest Kurdish-speaking city in Iran. Most of the inhabitants of Kermanshah are Shia Muslims, but there are minorities such as Sunni Muslims, Yarsanism and so on.
Iranians of Kurdish origin also known as Iranian Kurds are Iranians of Kurdish ethnicity, many of whom speak Kurdish as their first language. The Kurds are the third largest ethnic group in Iran after the ethnic Persians and Iranian Azerbaijanis, comprising more than 10% of the country's population according to the CIA.
Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurds and their society.
Kermanshahi Persian: کرمانشاهی), (Kurdish: Kirmaşanî refers to Iranian people who live mainly in Kermanshah province. Kermanshahi Kurdish and Kermanshahi Persian are spoken in and around the city of Kermanshah and in Kermanshah province.
Malekshahi County is a county in Ilam Province in Iran. The Malekshahi tribe is the biggest kurdish tribe in Ilam. The capital of the county is Arakvaz. It was separated from Mehran County in 2008. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 31,393, in 5,722 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Gachi District. The county has three cities: Arakvaz, Mehr and Delgosha.
Iranian Kurdistan, or Eastern Kurdistan, is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran inhabited by Kurds which borders Iraq and Turkey. It includes the West Azerbaijan Province, Kurdistan Province, Kermanshah Province, Ilam Province and Hamadan Province. There is also a significant Kurdish population in the North Khorasan Province.
Kalhor is a Kurdish tribe and their dialect has been as categorized a southern branch of Southern Kurdish.
Sanandajpronunciation (help·info) is the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran. With a population of 414,069, Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city in Iran and the second largest Kurdish city. New Sanandaj's founding is fairly recent,, yet under its short existence it has grown to become a center of Kurdish culture.
Hasanabad-e Sanjabi is a village in Nurali Rural District, in the Central District of Delfan County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 553, in 112 families.
Gewirk is a Kurdish tribe and dynasty in Kurdistan. The Gawerk dynasties live in these cities : Urmia, Sardasht, Rabat, Mahabad, Saqez, Boukan, Van province Başkale and Gürpınar in Turkey, Erbil Shaqlawa District, and Salmas - Shepiran.
Sanjabi Rural District is a rural district (dehestan) in Kuzaran District, Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,575, in 2,037 families. The rural district has 74 villages.
West Azerbaijan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the northwest of the country, bordering Turkey, Iraq and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan. The province is part of Region 3. It is separated from Armenia by Turkey's short border with the Azerbaijan Republic. The province of West Azerbaijan covers an area of 39,487 km², or 43,660 km² including Lake Urmia. In 2012 the province had a population of about 3 million (estimate). The capital city and largest city of the province is Urmia.
Motherland Party, National Party or Patriotic Party was a party in Iran during 1940s. It was a small organization of intellectuals and a triumvirate of three parties called Peykār Esteqlāl and Mihanparastān.
Malekshahi tribe is a Kurdish tribe found in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. The name in Persian language is from an old name Melkishi, a Kurdish tribe that spread from Çemişgezek to Tunceli Province in Turkey and Ilam Province in Iran. At the 2010 census, the tribe's population was 750,000- 1,500,000.
