Kingdom of Kurdistan
The Kingdom of Kurdistan 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. Officially, the territory involved was under the jurisdiction of the British Mandate of Mesopotamia.
Kingdom of Kurdistan Keyaniya Kurdistanê شانشینی کوردستان | |||||||||
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| 1921–1924/1925 | |||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||
| Capital | Sulaymaniyah | ||||||||
| Common languages | Kurdish | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Specifically Qadiriyya Sufi Order) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• Malik | Mahmud Barzanji | ||||||||
• Prime Minister | Qadir Barzanji | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Treaty of Sèvres | 10 August 1920 | ||||||||
• Proclaimed | September 1921 | ||||||||
• Treaty of Lausanne | 24 July 1923 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | July 1924/1925 | ||||||||
• British Mandate of Mesopotamia ends | 3 October 1932 | ||||||||
| Currency | Kurdish notes | ||||||||
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