Kurdish Collection

A Kurdish Lady Warrior
A Kurdish female warrior rides to war alongside the men

Kurdish Gentlemen / Iran
Two Kurdish men in traditional costume

Brit. Troops Moved by Air
British Sikh forces of occupation moved by air to crush the Kurdish insurrection

WW2 - A Kurdish Company of the Iraq Levies: these local men who accompanied the British forces and collaborated with them in their attack on Rashid Alis troops at Habanniya Aerodrome

WW2 - Paratroop Tribesmen of the Iraq Levies in their traditional tribal costumes before going on leave from the R.A.F. station where they are training

A Yazidi woman
People of the Caucasus series by Max Karl Tilke - A Yazidi woman (Yezidi). The Yazidis are an endogamous and mostly Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) speaking minority, indigenous to the Kurdish regions

Mausoleum of Saladin (1138-1193). First, marble coffin (empt)
Saladin (real name Sala? al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub) (1138-1193). The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Mausoleum of Saladin. Two Cenotaphs

1943 Syria Kurds, Maidan Akbis, Meiden Ekbis, near Aleppo
1943 Syria - Kurds in Maidan Akbis or Meiden Ekbis, near Aleppo Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

1943 Syria British military treat Kurdish on Turkey border
1943 Syria - British military office treats Kurdish people along the Syria Turkey border - many suffering from Trachoma Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa

Kurdish man with shield and club. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Two Kurdish Men. Date: 1821

Soviet Armenia - Kurdish Girls - Traditional Dance Date: circa 1930s

Kurdish soldiers in Turkish army, WW1
Kurdish soldiers in the Turkish army, defenders of Trabzon (Trebizond) on the Black Sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Trabzon, Turkey - Kurdish Costumes
Kurdish costumes from Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon was located on the historic silk road route and during the Ottoman period

Syria. Damascus. Mausoleum of Saladin (1138-1193). Built in
Syria. Damascus. Umayyad Mosque. Mausoleum of Saladin (1138-1193). Built in 1196. Ayyubid, Ottoman style

Mausoleum of Saladin (1138-1193). Built in 1196. Entrance. U
Saladin (11381193). First Sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Umayyad Mosque. Mausoleum of Saladin. Built in 1196. Entrance. Ayyudib, Ottoman. Damascus. Syria

Kurdish man wearing a distinctive hat, tunic and pantaloons.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Russo-Turkish War, Kurdish Militia
Two members of the Kurdish Militia relaxing during the Russo-Turkish war (April 24, 1877 March 3, 1878). Date: circa 1877

Fishermen, Aged Kurd, Bebek Bay, Water Carriers and Barber
Istanbul, Turkey - Fishermen, Aged Kurd, Bebek Bay, Water Carriers and Barber Date: 1898

Three Kurdish chiefs talking
A group of three Kurdish chiefs talking. One of them holds a spear, another has a sword and two pistols at his side. 1818

Young Turkish Kurdish man
Young Kurdish Boy standing with a rifle and holding a camel whip. Interestingly, this card was published by the French Jesuit Armenian Mission in Syria

Kurds and Tartars
Mock battle between Kurdish and Tartar horse warriors

Kurdish Horseman / Royal
A Kurdish Horseman - One of the escort during a Royal Hunt in 19th century Persia

IRAN / KURDS C. 1840
Two Kurds in traditional dress

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