Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan
Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan میرنشینی ئیسلامیی کوردستان Mîrnişîna Îslamiya Kurdistanê | |
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| 1994-2003 | |
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Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan (dark grey) | |
| Status | Part of the Kurdistan Region (1994-2001) Unrecognized proto-state (2001–2003) |
| Capital | Byara |
| Largest city | Halabja |
| Official languages | Kurdish |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Government | Unitary totalitarian theocratic Islamic emirate |
| Emir | |
• 2001–2003 | Mullah Krekar |
| Deputies | |
• 2001-2003 | Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i |
• 2001-2003 | Ali Bapir |
| History | |
• Established | 1994 |
| March 30, 2003 | |
| Currency | Iranian rial, Iraqi dinar (de facto) |
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The Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan (Kurdish: میرنشینی ئیسلامیی کوردستان), was an unrecognized Kurdish Islamic state located in the Halabja Governorate. It had been outside the control of the Iraqi government since 1991, and was a self-governing entity within the Kurdistan Region in 1994, and officially declared independence in 2001. It dissolved after Operation Viking Hammer in 2003.