Viejo Kurdo 1903
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| Viejo Kurdo (22.06.1903). Kurdistan | Archive Projects (1991-2008) | Susan Meiselas |
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The legendary Kurdish Fighter and leader Simko Shikak
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| The legendary Kurdish Fighter and leader Simko Shikak |
The festive/ceremonial costume of a Kurdish townswoman from Harput 1870
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| The festive/ceremonial costume of a Kurdish townswoman from Harput. Late-Ottoman, ca. 1870. The impressive headgear (called 'hotoz') implies many scarves (some of light colours, some dark), which are braided by each other on top of a small cap. A double chain with dangles is fixed to the 'hotoz' by means of two golden head pins. Picture from ‘Les Costumes Populaires de la Turquie’- Osman Hamdi Bey, 1873. (Erfgoedbibliotheek, Antwerpen). |
Ottoman Kurdish irregular soldier from Palu 1873
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| Ottoman Kurdish irregular soldier from Palu, wearing a silahlik (weapons belt) and holding a kalkan shield composed of concentric wicker attached by threads, the exterior made up of radial steel bars linking the steel frame to the steel domed center boss. From:Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873, 74 photographic plates by Pascal Sebah, published by the Imperial Ottoman Commission for the "Exposition Universelle" of Vienna in 1873 |
Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza or Piramerd, (Pîremêrd in Kurdish) (1867–1950)
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| Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza or Piramerd, (Pîremêrd in Kurdish), (1867–1950), was a Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist. He was born in the Gwêje neighborhood of Sulaimaniya city in Iraq. In 1926, he became the editor of the Kurdish newspaper Jîyan. He is also credited for the establishment of the first private Kurdish school in Kurdistan called Partukxane i Zanistî (Scientific School) |
Yezidi boys from the Åžingal Mountains (northern Iraq) 1912.
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| Yezidi boys from the Åžingal Mountains (northern Iraq) 1912. |
Fata ReÅŸ Xanime also called “La Princesse Kurde"
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| Fata ReÅŸ Xanime, also called “La Princesse Kurde," “Amazona Kurde and “Fatmaya Sîya ya Kurdîstanî." She was the Leader of the Kurdish Sinemilli Tribe from MereÅŸ and fought alongside the Ottomans against the Russian Invaders. Image from the "The Illustrated London" (1854). |
The Kurdish Patriot Ekrem Cemîl Paşa (1891-1974).
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| The Kurdish Patriot Ekrem Cemîl Paşa (1891-1974). |
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