Kurdish state (1918–1919)
The Kurdish state was an autonomous government in Southern Kurdistan that existed from October 1918 to June 1919.
Kurdish state | |||||||||||
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Sulaymaniyah | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Kurdish | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Kurd | ||||||||||
| hukumdar (governor), then "Ruler of all Kurdistan" | |||||||||||
• 1918-1919 | Mahmud Barzanji | ||||||||||
| Political officer | |||||||||||
• 1918-1919 | Edward Noel | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 25 October 1918 | ||||||||||
• Kurdish area B | 1 December 1918 | ||||||||||
• anti-British rebellion | 23 May 1919 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 28 June 1919 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Iraq | ||||||||||
Though it was initially subordinate to Britain, it was eventually dissolved following an anti-British rebellion.
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