Kurdistan (Aboot this soond(listen)  "Laund o the Kurds";[1] an aa umwhile spelled Curdistan;[2][3] auncient name: Corduene[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]) is a roughly defined geo-cultural region whaurin the Kurdish fowk furm a prominent majority population,[11] an Kurdish cultur, leid, an naitional identity hae historically been based.[12] Contemporary uise o Kurdistan refers tae lairge pairts o eastren Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northren Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), northwastren Iran (Iranian Kurdistan) an northeastren Sirie (Wastren Kurdistan) inhabitit mainly bi Kurds.[13] Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwastren Zagros an the eastren Taurus muntain ranges,[14] an covers smaa portions o Armenie.

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  3. An Account of the State of Roman-Catholick Religion, Sir Richard Steele, Published 1715
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  9. George Henry Townsend, A manual of dates: a dictionary of reference to the most important events in the history of mankind to be found in authentic records, 1116 pp., Warne, 1867. (see p.556)
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  11. Zaken, Mordechai (2007). Jewish Subjects and Their Tribal Chieftains in Kurdistan: A Study in Survival. Leiden, The Netherlands: BRILL. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9789004161900. Kurdistan was never a sovereign state, though the area with an ethnic and linguistic majority of Kurdish population is defined as Kurdistan. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |month= (help)
  12. M. T. O'Shea, Trapped between the map and reality: geography and perceptions of Kurdistan , 258 pp., Routledge, 2004. (see p.77)
  13. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2005.
  14. Kurdistan[deid airtin], Britannica Concise.