Didier Robert de Vaugondy 1753
According to this map, the borders of Kerkûk, Hewlêr, Sherizor, Cizîr, Van, Botan, Amedi, Hekari, Bedlîs, Sêrt, Mûş and Mûsil are considered Kurdistan.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posts about Mûsil
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Jalabi’s Tourism Book for Parents, page 219/38, names the cities of Kurdistan, including Mûsil and Baghdad.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Ottoman geography book. Al Deir and the Euphrates of Mûsil are the lands of Kurdistan .The Ottoman historian Ahmed Jamal in 1893 AD
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James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855) was a British author, journalist and traveller.
"The Koords occupy a tract of country to the north and east of this, extending beyond Diarbekr, in the former direction, and as far as Mousul, in the latter."
Travels in Mesopotamia, by Buckingham, James Silk, 1827, p.300
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Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494). He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times.
Barbaro's account of his travels, entitled " Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia"
In his book he mentions the "cordi" kurds, who lives in Dierbech (diyarbakir) mussul (mosul) cassanchief (Heskîf) Bythlis (bitlis) Payburt (Bayburt) Meridin (Merdin) Argui (Agirî ararat)
Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia p.145-146
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
This map is the Ottoman Map of 1730 by "Johann Baptist Homann".
Mûsil, Kerkûk, Sehrizor, Van, Bedlîs, Sêrt, Hewlêr, Botan, Cizîr etc. While it is considered to be from the "Kurdistan" province.
The area between Bazid and Van is also called "Curdorum".
Curdorum regio : The region where Kurds are located/live.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
the Arab geographer and cartographer El-Îdrîsî (1099-1165) In his work titled "Nüzhatül-Müştâk", and known as "Tabula Rogeriana" written in 1154 Mûsil and Kerkûk were recorded as Kurdish territory.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Document of demographic from Iraqi government, dating back to 1920s shows Kurds forming majority in the city.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Heinrich Kibert
(1818-1899) German geographer. In 1895, he conducted a study on the geography of Kurdistan and talked about the administrative divisions in Kurdistan.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
بەر لە پتر لە ھەزار ساڵ, مێژوونوسێک لە ساڵی ٩٦٩ دەربارەی موسڵ نوسی کە شارێکی کوردیە.
خودا نەکات سەرنویشتی کەرکوک و دھۆک و ھەولێرو سلێمانیش وەک موسڵ لێبێت و ببینە کەمینە.
ووصف ابن حوقل ، الذي زار الموصل عام 969 ، المدينة الجميلة التي يسكنها الأكراد بشكل أساسي.
Ibn Hawqal, who visited Mûsil in 969, described it as a beautiful town inhabited mainly by Kurds.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Kurdistan كُردستان in Yusuf Rıza Efendi's travelogue named "Mosul-Van; Mosul-Aleppo travels" published in "Matbaa-i Military" in 1913
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Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Giosafat Barbaro (1413–1494). He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times.
Barbaro's account of his travels, entitled " Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia"
In his book he mentions the "cordi" kurds, who lives in Dierbech (diyarbakir) mussul (mosul) cassanchief (Heskîf) Bythlis (bitlis) Payburt (Bayburt) Meridin (Merdin) Argui (Agirî ararat)
Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla Tana, in Persia p.145-146
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