Kurds in the Estakhri Book precisely and accurately (4th AH/ 10TH AD)

Authors

  • Hakim A. Mam Baker Faculty of Arts, Salahuddin University, Kurdistan Region - Iraq.
  • Hussain Sh. Sherif University of Salahaddin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26436/hjuoz.2017.5.1.217

Keywords:

Estakhri, precisely and accurately, Kurd, Kurds residency, medieval geographer

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to shed light on one of the seldom works of a traveler and medieval geographer Estakhri (4th AH/ 10th AD), which is the Book of Roads and Kingdoms. This book is specified to all areas that related to Kurds, in terms of their residency as a majority or minority, and it is also about physical and human and even their daily life economically and socially as well. The importance of this research is that explained the contents of the book precisely and accurately, anything related to Kurdish is clearly described, and that is as a necessary research for us as a Kurd, so as to know, how we have been described in the sources, and to know the daily life of our ancestors and how they have lived.

Author Biography

Hussain Sh. Sherif, University of Salahaddin

.كۆلێژى ئه‌ده‌بیات، زانكۆى سه‌لاحه‌ددین، هه‌رێمى كوردستان – العراق

Published

2017-03-30

How to Cite

Mam Baker, H. A., & Sherif, H. S. (2017). Kurds in the Estakhri Book precisely and accurately (4th AH/ 10TH AD). Humanities Journal of University of Zakho, 5(1), 46–61. https://doi.org/10.26436/hjuoz.2017.5.1.217

Issue

Section

Humanities Journal of University of Zakho