Timeline of Kurdish uprisings

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List of conflicts

Date Uprising Location Result
838–841 Dasini tribe uprising against the Abbasids Abbasid Caliphate Suppressed
955–1071 War against the Musafirid. Rawadid dynasty Victory
990–1085 Kurdish uprising The Marwanids Victory, led to the birth of the Marwanids dynasty
1506–1510 Kurdish-Yazidi uprising against the Safavids Safavid Persia Suppressed when the Yazidi leader, Shír Ṣárim, was defeated in battle.
1609–1610 Battle of Dimdim Safavid Persia Suppressed
1775 Bajalan uprising Zand dynasty Suppressed
1806–1812 Babanzade Rebellions (1806–1812) Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1816–1819 Dervish Pasha's Revolt Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1830–1838 Mir Muhammed Rebellion Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1838 Han Mahmud Revolt Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1838 Sait Beg Rebellion Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1839 Garzan Uprising Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1845–1847
1854–1855		 First Bedirkhanis Revolt Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1854–1855 Yezdanşêr's uprising Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1877 Dersim Rebellion (1877) Ottoman Empire
1877–1878 Second Bedirkhanis Revolt Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1880–1881 Revolt by Sheikh Ubeydullah of Nehri against the Qajars. Qajar Persia

Ottoman Empire

 Defeat
1889 Emin Ali Bedirkhan Revolt Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1892 Dersim Rebellion(1892) Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1907 Bitlis Uprising (1907) Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1907–1909 Dersim Rebellion (1907–1909) Ottoman Empire Kurdish military victory

Ottoman diplomatic victory

1908-1911 Hamawand rebellion Ottoman Empire Suppressed
Early March – 4 April 1914 Bitlis uprising (1914) Ottoman Empire Suppressed
1914 – 1918 Kurdish rebellions during World War I Ottoman Empire
  • Establishment of a quasi-independent Kurdish state until 1919
1919–1922 – First Mahmud Barzanji Revolt First Mahmud Barzanji revolt Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Suppressed
1918–1922 First Simko Shikak revolt Qajar Persia Suppressed
1918–present Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Iraq Ongoing
1918–present Kurdish–Iranian conflict Qajar Persia Ongoing
1919 Ali Batı Rebellion Turkey Turkey Suppressed
1919–1924 Kurdish revolts in Iraq (1919–1924) [ar] Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Suppressed
1919-1920 Surchi revolt Iraq Levies Suppressed
17 August- Early September 1919 Kağızman Uprising First Republic of Armenia First Republic of Armenia Suppressed
1920 Penek Uprising First Republic of Armenia First Republic of Armenia Suppressed
1920 Cemil Çeto Uprising Turkey Turkey Suppressed
6 March – 17 June 1921 Koçgiri rebellion Turkey Suppressed
November 1922 – July 1924 Second Mahmud Barzanji revolt Iraq Kingdom of Iraq, Kingdom of Kurdistan Suppressed
August 1924 Beytüşşebab rebellion Turkey Suppressed
8 February – March 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion Turkey Suppressed
1925 Raman and Reşkotan Uprising [ku] Turkey Suppressed
1926 Second Simko Shikak revolt Pahlavi Persia Suppressed, Simko Shikak flees to Mandatory Iraq
1926 Koçuşağı Rebellion Turkey Suppressed
1927 Mutki Uprising Turkey Suppressed
22 May – 3 August 1929 Asi Resul Rebellion Turkey Suppressed
September 1929 Tendürek Uprisings Turkey Suppressed
October 1927 – September 17, 1930 First, second and third Ararat rebellion Republic of Ararat, Turkey Republic of Turkey Suppressed, Republic of Ararat disbanded
July 7, 1930 – November 2, 1930 Tutaklı Ali Can Rebellion Turkey Republic of Turkey Suppressed
July 16, 1930 – October 10, 1930 Oramar Revolt Turkey Suppressed
1931 Jafar Sultan revolt Iran Suppressed
1931–1932 Ahmed Barzani revolt Iraq Kingdom of Iraq Suppressed, low-level insurgency continues through 1933, another revolt by Barzanis erupts in 1943
1935 Yazidi revolt of 1935 Iraq Mandatory Iraq Suppressed
20 March – November, 1937 and 2 January – December, 1938 Dersim rebellion Turkey Republic of Turkey Revolt suppressed, Turkey would, inresponse, begin the Dersim Genocide.
1941–1944 Hama Rashid revolt Pahlavi Iran Suppressed, Hama Rashid driven into Iraq
1943 1943 Barzani revolt Kingdom of Iraq Suppressed
November 1945 – December 15, 1946 Iran crisis of 1946 Pahlavi Iran, Republic of Mahabad Creation of the Soviet-backed Republic of Mahabad, revolt later suppressed
11 September 1961 – 1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War Republic of Iraq Stalemate, led to the Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970
1967 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran Iran Pahlavi Iran Suppressed
April 1974 – 1975 Second Iraqi–Kurdish War Iraq Suppressed, the Iraqi government re-establishes control over Kurdistan
1976–1978 PUK insurgency Iraq Long-term Iraqi victory, led to the Kurdish rebellion of 1983
1979 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran Iran Iran Suppressed
1983–1986 Kurdish rebellion of 1983 Iraq Indecisive, led to the Anfal campaign.
15 August 1984 – 12 May 2025 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Turkey Republic of Turkey Ceasefire
1986–1996 KDPI insurgency Iran Government of Iran Suppressed; KDPI announces unilateral cease-fire in 1996
1993-present Islamist insurgency in the Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region Iraqi Kurdistan Ongoing
1 March – 5 April 1991 1991 Iraqi uprisings Ba'athist Iraq, Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region Iraqi military victory; establishment of the Kurdish Autonomous Republic, also known as Iraqi Kurdistan
March 2004 2004 Qamishli riots Syria Suppressed
1 April 2004–present Iran–PJAK conflict Iran Ongoing
19 July 2012 – 20 August 2026 Rojava conflict Syria Syrian transitional government victory
24 July 2015 – 12 May 2025 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Turkey Republic of Turkey Ceasefire
19 April 2016 – c. August 2023 Western Iran clashes Iran Indecisive, led to renewed conflict in 2026
24 August 2016 – 20 January 2026 Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war Syria Turkey-Syrian opposition victory
15 – 27 October 2017 2017 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region Iraqi victory, Kurdistan Region loses territory including Sinjar, Kirkuk and Khanaqin.
7 June 2026 – present Western Iran clashes Iran Ongoing

See also

Notes

References

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