Portuguese historian João de Barros (1496-1570) gives brief information about the past of the Kurdish Mamluk governor and navy admiral Hüseyin al-Kurdi and mentions Kurdistan in his work Décadas da ásia :
"Although he was not a Mamluk [slave-soldier] among those elected to these positions, he was chosen by the Soldão [Mamluks] because he was a knight in person and was used a lot in naval affairs. His homeland was a region that the Persians called Cordistão [Kurdistan] between Babylon and Armenia, and by its nature he was called Kor (Kurdish). ) and among them he was called Mir Hócem Cor [Emir Hussein al-Kurdi]. Hócem is his own name, and Côr [Kurd] or Cordii [Kurdi] is the name of his nation."
Posted by أوموت | Umut · 24 June 2025
Portuguese historian João de Barros (1496-1570) gives brief information about the past of the Kurdish Mamluk governor and navy admiral Amir Hussein al-Kurdi and mentions Kurdistan in his work Décadas da ásia :
"Although he was not a Mamluk [slave-soldier] among those elected to these positions, he was chosen by the Soldão [Mamluks] because he was a knight in person and was used a lot in naval affairs. His homeland was a region that the Persians called Cordistão [Kurdistan] between Babylon and Armenia, and by its nature he was called Kor (Kurdish). ) and among them he was called Mir Hócem Cor [Emir Hussein al-Kurdi]. Hócem is his own name, and Côr [Kurd] or Cordii [Kurdiye] is the name of his nation."
Posted by Zagrosian · 17 July 2025
Posted by Zagrosian · 18 July 2025
Amir Hussein al-Kurdi, a prominent Kurdish military commander, served as the head of the Egyptian army during the late Mamluk period. In the year 921 AH (1515 CE), he led a military expedition to Yemen, where he established the city of Chadda as the operational headquarters for his forces.
Following the collapse of the Mamluk Sultanate at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Selim I (also known as Selim the Grim) took control of Egypt and extended Ottoman authority over the Hijaz. During this transition, the newly appointed Sharif of Mecca, acting under Sultan Selim’s directive, ordered the execution of Amir Hussein al-Kurdi, despite appeals for clemency.
Posted by Zagrosian · Found by Median Library contributor · 18 July 2025
