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 Wan
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 article "Kurdistan" written by Kamrân Ali Bedirxan in "İctihad Magazine" in its entirety;
"The provinces of Erzirom, Van, Bedlîs, Amed and Mamüret'ül Aziz, which constitute Kurdistan..."
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Kurdish population in Erzirom, Van, Bedlîs, Kharput, Amed and Sivas.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
"Le Rocher de Vann (Kurdistan) "
"Le Rocher de Vann (Kurdistan)" is a painting by Jules Laurens made before 1880. This 134 x 88 cm oil on canvas painting depicts in detail a mountainous landscape of Kurdistan. This painting, purchased by the state in 1880, is currently exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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
map.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
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https://archive.org/details/biostor-88899
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
There is a record in the work titled "Atlaslı Memâlik-i Osmaniyye Geography" (author: Ali Rıza, 1318/1900) that the people of Van/Hoşab Xoşav were Kurds:
اهالى ساكنه سى اولان كردلر بو حيوانلردن خيلى استفاده ايدرلر.
“The Kurds, who are among the inhabitants, make great use of these animals.”
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Geography of Ottoman Memâlik-i Osmaniye from Atlas
It is the article "Van Province" in the work of Ali Rıza (H. 1318 M. 1900):
Van Province
Border: Van Province, which is located on the eastern side of Asia and Ottoman Empire and consists of a part of Kurdistan, borders Erzirom on the south side, Bidlis on the west side, Amed on the south side and Mûsil provinces on the south side, and Iran on the east side.
Sakine: The surface area of the province is 47,700 square kilometers and its total population is 450,000, two-thirds of which are Islamic. About 210,000 of these Muslims are Kurds.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Population of Van province:
Turkish: 3,500
Kurdish: 210,000
Circassian: 500
Armenian: 79,000
Catholic: 708
Nestorian: 178,000
Chaldean: 7,000
Yazidi: 5,400
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
In this map of Asia Minor, made by Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726) in 1723, based on Xenophon's narratives, there is 'Carduchi' around Van and 'Curdes (Kurds)' just below it.
Source: National Library of Spain.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
”Curdistan/Kurdistan” below Lake Wan on Giacomo Cantelli's (1643-1695) map dated 1679.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024
Neo Assyrian king, called the inhabitants of Van as “Kurti”.
Posted by Median Library contributor · 8 September 2024