Sabirabad is a rayon of Azerbaijan whose capital which lies at the junction of the Araz and Kura rivers. The low-lying area is dependent on canals and dams whose damage during 2010 caused waters from Lake Sarisu to flood several of the region's villages.
Kurdistan Toilers' Party founded according to the party in 1985, is a splinter from the Kurdistan Socialist Party, and later a member of the Iraqi Kurdistan Front. Led by Khalid Zangana, now it is led by Qadir Aziz.
Sam Mirza, later known by his first dynastic name of Safi II, and thereafter known by his more famous second dynastic name of Suleiman I, was the eighth Safavid shah (king) of Iran, ruling from 1 November 1666 to 29 July 1694.
The Shabak people are an ethno-religious group in Iraq, who speak Shabaki, a Northwestern Iranian language of the Zaza–Gorani group. They have been recognized as a distinct ethnic group in Iraq since 1952. Shabaks are culturally distinct from Kurds and Arabs. They possess their own traditions and language. The Shabaks live in a religious community (ta'ifa) in about sixty-five villages to the east of Mosul. The primary Shabak religious text is called the Buyruk or Kitab al-Manaqib, which is written in Turkmen.
Haifa Zangana is an Iraqi novelist, author, artist, and political activist, best known for writing Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London.
Rauf Hassan is a Kurdish writer who was born in 1945 in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Iraqi Kurdistan.
The following is a list of tribes of Kurdish people from the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan.
Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh, was an Iranian statesman of Kurdish origin, who served as the grand vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Suleiman I from 1669 to 1689. Due to his efforts in reforming the declining Iranian economy, he has been called the "Safavid Amir Kabir" in modern historiography.
On This Perfect Day is the debut album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's side project Guilt Machine, released in August 2009. The cover of the album was made by Christophe Dessaigne, an artist discovered by Arjen Lucassen on Flickr.
Layla was a first women's magazine published in Baghdad, Iraq in 1923. It was published in the Arabic Language.
Mohammad Beg, was a Muslim of Armenian origin, who served as the Grand Vizier of the Safavid king (shah) Abbas II from 1654 to 1661.
Shahrokh Sultan Zanganeh, was a Kurdish aristocrat, who belonged to the Zanganeh tribe, a Sunni Kurdish tribe native to the Kermanshah Province. Not much is known about Shahrokh Sultan — in 1639, he became the chieftain of the Zanganeh tribe, but died during the same year. He was succeeded by his brother Shaykh Ali Khan Zanganeh.
Chyliza is a genus of rust flies.
Ali Beg Zanganeh was a Kurdish nobleman from the Zanganeh tribe, who served in various offices under the Safavid dynasty. During the reign of Abbas I, Ali Beg occupied the “holder of the rein” office (jelawdar). In 1618, he was promoted the office of master of the king's stables (amirakhor-bashi), and under Shah Safi, became a member of the royal guard (qurchi). He had three sons, Shaykh Ali Khan, Najaf Qoli Beg and Shahrokh Sultan, whom served under high-offices.
Cheragh-Ali Khan Zanganeh was a prominent Iranian statesman during the early reign of the Qajar shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.
The Zanganeh is a Kurdish tribe in Kermanshah province and some parts of Iraqi Kurdistan. They speak a distinct dialect. However, in recent years they have linguistically assimilated into the language practice of Sorani speakers in the area in which they live. They are also the most iconic Kurdish tribe of them all.
