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List of conflicts Date Uprising Location Result 838–841Bosworth, C.E. (1998), The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Vol. 5: Khe-Mahi, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 451 Dasini tribe uprising against the Abbasids Abbasid Caliphate Suppressed 955–1071Hugh Kennedy, The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Kurdish dynasties which emerged in the second half of tenth century...the RawwadidsSharaf Khan Bidlisi The Sharafnam̂a Rawwadi Kurds..Ian Richard Netto, Encyclopaedia of Islam "There was a succession of Kurdish dynasties such as ... Rawwadids of Tabriz and Azerbayjan" War against the Musafirid. Rawadid dynasty Victory 990–1085 Kurdish uprising The Marwanids Victory, led to the birth of the Marwanids dynasty 1506–1510 Kurdish-Yazidi uprising against the Safavids Safavid Persia Suppressed when the Yazidi leader, Shír Ṣárim, was defeated in battle. 1609–1610 Battle of Dimdim Safavid Persia Suppressed 1775 Bajalan uprising , p.533. Zand dynasty Suppressed1806–1812Babanzade Rebellions (1806–1812) Suppressed1816–1819Dervish Pasha's RevoltSuppressed 1830–1838 Mir Muhammed Rebellion Suppressed1838Han Mahmud RevoltSuppressed1838Sait Beg RebellionSuppressed1839Garzan UprisingSuppressed1845–18471854–1855First Bedirkhanis RevoltSuppressed 1854–1855Yezdanşêr's uprising Suppressed1877Dersim Rebellion (1877) 1877–1878 Second Bedirkhanis Revolt Suppressed 1880–1881 Revolt by Sheikh Ubeydullah of Nehri against the Qajars. Qajar Persia Defeat1889Emin Ali Bedirkhan RevoltSuppressed1892Dersim Rebellion(1892)Suppressed1907Bitlis Uprising (1907)Suppressed1907–1909Dersim Rebellion (1907–1909) Kurdish military victory Ottoman diplomatic victory1908-1911Hamawand rebellionSuppressed Early March – 4 April 1914Bitlis uprising (1914)Suppressed 1914 – 1918Kurdish rebellions during World War I Establishment of a quasi-independent Kurdish state until 19191919–1922 – First Mahmud Barzanji Revolt First Mahmud Barzanji revolt Kingdom of Iraq Suppressed 1918–1922 First Simko Shikak revolt Qajar Persia Suppressed 1918–present Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Ongoing 1918–present Kurdish–Iranian conflict Qajar Persia Ongoing1919Ali Batı Rebellion TurkeySuppressed1919–1924 Kingdom of IraqSuppressed1919-1920Surchi revoltIraq Levies Suppressed17 August- Early September 1919 Kağızman Uprising First Republic of ArmeniaSuppressed1920Penek Uprising First Republic of ArmeniaSuppressed1920Cemil Çeto Uprising TurkeySuppressed 6 March – 17 June 1921 Koçgiri rebellion Turkey Suppressed November 1922 – July 1924 Second Mahmud Barzanji revolt Kingdom of Iraq, Kingdom of Kurdistan Suppressed August 1924Beytüşşebab rebellion Suppressed 8 February – March 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion Suppressed1925Suppressed 1926 Second Simko Shikak revolt Pahlavi Persia Suppressed, Simko Shikak flees to Mandatory Iraq1926Koçuşağı RebellionSuppressed1927Mutki UprisingSuppressed22 May – 3 August 1929Asi Resul RebellionSuppressedSeptember 1929Tendürek UprisingsSuppressed October 1927 – September 17, 1930 First, second and third Ararat rebellionYusuf Mazhar, Cumhuriyet, 16 Temmuz 1930, ... Zilan harekatında imha edilenlerin sayısı 15,000 kadardır. Zilan Deresi ağzına kadar ceset dolmuştur...Ahmet Kahraman, ibid, p. 211, Karaköse, 14 (Özel muhabirimiz bildiriyor) ...Ayşe Hür, "Osmanlı'dan bugüne Kürtler ve Devlet-4" , Taraf, October 23, 2008, Retrieved August 16, 2010.M. Kalman, Belge, tanık ve yaşayanlarıyla Ağrı Direnişi 1926–1930, Pêrî Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997, , p. 105."Der Krieg am Ararat" (Telegramm unseres Korrespondenten) Berliner Tageblatt, October 3, 1930, "... die Türken in der Gegend von Zilan 220 Dörfer zerstört und 4500 Frauen und Greise massakriert." Republic of Ararat, Republic of Turkey Suppressed, Republic of Ararat disbanded July 7, 1930 – November 2, 1930Tutaklı Ali Can Rebellion Republic of Turkey Suppressed July 16, 1930 – October 10, 1930 Oramar RevoltSuppressed 1931 Jafar Sultan revolt Iran Suppressed 1931–1932 Ahmed Barzani revolt Kingdom of Iraq Suppressed, low-level insurgency continues through 1933, another revolt by Barzanis erupts in 1943 1935 Yazidi revolt of 1935 Mandatory Iraq Suppressed 20 March – November, 1937 and 2 January – December, 1938 Dersim rebellion Republic of Turkey Revolt suppressed, Turkey would, inresponse, begin the Dersim Genocide. 1941–1944 Hama Rashid revolt Pahlavi Iran Suppressed, Hama Rashid driven into Iraq19431943 Barzani revoltSuppressed November 1945 – December 15, 1946 Iran crisis of 1946 , Republic of Mahabad Creation of the Soviet-backed Republic of Mahabad, revolt later suppressed 11 September 1961 – 1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War Republic of Iraq Stalemate, led to the Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970 1967 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran Pahlavi Iran Suppressed April 1974 – 1975 Second Iraqi–Kurdish War Iraq Suppressed, the Iraqi government re-establishes control over Kurdistan 1976–1978 PUK insurgency Iraq Long-term Iraqi victory, led to the Kurdish rebellion of 1983 1979 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran Iran Suppressed 1983–1986 Kurdish rebellion of 1983 Iraq Indecisive, led to the Anfal campaign. 15 August 1984 – 12 May 2025 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Republic of Turkey Ceasefire 1986–1996 KDPI insurgency Government of Iran Suppressed; KDPI announces unilateral cease-fire in 1996 1993-present Islamist insurgency in the Kurdistan Region Iraqi Kurdistan Ongoing 1 March – 5 April 1991 1991 Iraqi uprisings Ba'athist Iraq, Kurdistan Region Iraqi military victory; establishment of the Kurdish Autonomous Republic, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan March 2004 2004 Qamishli riots Suppressed 1 April 2004–present Iran–PJAK conflict Ongoing 19 July 2012 – 20 August 2026 Rojava conflict Syrian transitional government victory 24 July 2015 – 12 May 2025 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Republic of Turkey Ceasefire 19 April 2016 – August 2023 Western Iran clashes Indecisive, led to renewed conflict in 2026 24 August 2016 – 20 January 2026 Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war Turkey-Syrian opposition victory15 – 27 October 20172017 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict Kurdistan RegionIraqi victory, Kurdistan Region loses territory including Sinjar, Kirkuk and Khanaqin. 7 June 2026 – present Western Iran clashes Ongoing
See also A Modern History of the Kurds by David McDowall
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