Kurdish state (1918–1919)
Kurdish state | |||||||||||
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Sulaymaniyah | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Kurdish | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Kurd | ||||||||||
| hukumdar (governor), then "Ruler of all Kurdistan" | |||||||||||
• 1918-1919 | Mahmud Barzanji | ||||||||||
| Political officer | |||||||||||
• 1918-1919 | Edward Noel | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 25 October 1918 | ||||||||||
• Kurdish area B | 1 December 1918 | ||||||||||
• anti-British rebellion | 23 May 1919 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 28 June 1919 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Iraq | ||||||||||
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The Kurdish state was an autonomous government in Southern Kurdistan that existed from October 1918 to June 1919.
Though it was initially subordinate to Britain, it was eventually dissolved following an anti-British rebellion.