Kurdish Collection

Kara Fatima, the Kurdish princess, and her suite; Journeyings in Mesopotamia, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Kara Fatima, the Kurdish princess, and her suite; Journeyings in Mesopotamia, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Aux armees russes d'Asie; Un chef kurde vient au camp de l'etat-major russe, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Aux armees russes d'Asie; Un chef kurde vient au camp de l'etat-major russe faire un rapport sur la position des troupes turques

Tenth Day, Ninth Story: Saladin Bestows Rich Gifts on the Sleeping Torello, c. 1757. Creator: Hubert Francois Gravelot
Tenth Day, Ninth Story: Saladin Bestows Rich Gifts on the Sleeping Torello, c. 1757

The People of Kurdistan, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The People of Kurdistan, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Kara Fatima, the Heroine of Kurdistan at Constatinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Kara Fatima, the Heroine of Kurdistan at Constantinople, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Bitlis, Kurdistan, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Bitlis, Kurdistan, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Ruined Towers in Kurdistan, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Ruined Towers in Kurdistan, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Kurd. Armenian, 1862. Creator: Frants Taikhel
Kurd. Armenian, 1862. Sheet 16 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1. Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie

Kurd woman with children [Artvin], between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Kurd woman with children [Artvin], between 1905 and 1915. Veiled mother and children in northeastern Turkey. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Girdi Kurds, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Girdi Kurds, c1906-1913, (1915). Kurdish men, possibly from Girdi Abdulaziz, (Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq)

Map showing Approximate Distribution of Kurdish Tribes of the Ottoman Empire, c1915. Diagram by British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes (1879-1919)

Kurdish Bandits; A Ramble in Persia, 1875. Creator: Armin Vambery
Kurdish Bandits; A Ramble in Persia, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Kurd Man, ca. 1893. Creator: Antonio Zeno Shindler
Kurd Man, ca. 1893

Kurd in military armor on horseback, 1819. 1819. Creator: Aleksandr Orlovsky
Kurd in military armor on horseback, 1819

Ahmed Agha, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Ahmed Agha, c1906-1913, (1915). Kurdish men with rifles and bullet belts, Shirwan, (eastern Turkey). A little further on we met Ahmed Agha and fifty gunmen

Kurds of Shaykh Sadiks Army, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Kurds of Shaykh Sadiks Army, c1906-1913, (1915). Kurdish men with rifles and bullet belts, Khatuna, (eastern Turkey). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage

Koch Kiri Kurd, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
Koch Kiri Kurd, c1906-1913, (1915). A Kurdish man from near the Kochkiri mountain, (eastern Turkey?). From " The Caliphs Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col

Kurdish mountain brigands, Armenia, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Kurdish tribesman from southern Kurdistan, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
A Kurdish tribesman from southern Kurdistan, Iraq, 1925. A print from Baghdad, Camera Studio Iraq, published by Hasso Bros, Rotophot AG, Berlin, 1925

Kurdish lady in her best costume, Iraq, 1925. Artist: A Kerim
Kurdish lady in her best costume, Iraq, 1925. A Kurdish woman in her best costume of black Persian silk with silver belt and her necklace of amber beads with Turkish gold coins attached

Kurdish cavalry, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVI, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Kurdish chief, 19th century. Artist: Deyrolle
Kurdish chief, 19th century

Kurdish barber, outside Kazimain mosque, Iraq, 1917-1919

A Kurdish gentlemen, 1895. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XVII, written by Elisee Reclus and published by Virtue & Co. Limited (London, 1895)

Caucasian Race, Kurds and Persians, 1873. Artist: A Portier
Caucasian Race, Kurds and Persians, 1873. The Kurds are an ethnolinguistic group inhabiting parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey (a contiguous region commonly referred to as Kurdistan)

Kurdish hunter, 19th century

Turkish Bey, of Bitless, Kurdistan, 19th century

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