Timeline of Kurdish uprisings: Difference between revisions

Date Uprising Location Result 838–841^[1] Kurdish Dasni tribe uprising against the Abbasids Abbasid Caliphate Suppressed 955–1071^[2][3][4] 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^[5] Safavid Persia Suppressed when the Yazidi leader, Shír Ṣárim, was defeated in battle. 1609–1610 Battle of Dimdim^[6] Safavid Persia Suppressed 1770-1771 Bedagh Beg Rebellion^[7][a] Bahdinan Suppressed 1775 Bajalan uprising^[8] Zand dynasty Suppressed 1806–1808 Baban uprising^[9] Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1812 Babanzâde Ahmed Pasha Rebellion [tr] Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1830-1833 Yezidi Rebellion [tr] Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1830–1838 Mir Muhammed Rebellion Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1838 Han Mahmud Rebellion^[10] Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1838 Sait Beg Rebellion^[11][12] Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1839 Garzan Uprising^[13] Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1845-1847 1847 Bedirkhan revolt Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1854–1855 Yezdanşêr‘s uprising Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1877–1878 Second Bedirkhanis Revolt Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1880–1881 Revolt by Sheikh Ubeydullah of Nehri against the Qajars.^[14][15] Qajar Persia

Ottoman Empire

Defeat 1889 Emin Ali Bedirkhan Revolt^[16] Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1907 Bitlis Uprising (1907) Ottoman Empire Suppressed 1908-1911 Hamawand rebellion Ottoman Empire Supressed 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 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^[17] Turkey Suppressed 1919-1920 Surchi revolt Iraq Levies Suppressed 1920 Cemil Çeto Uprising Turkey Suppressed 1920 Milli Tribe Rebellion Turkey Suppressed 6 March – 17 June 1921 Koçgiri rebellion Turkey Suppressed November 1922 – July 1924 Second Mahmud Barzanji revolt Kingdom of Iraq, Kingdom of Kurdistan Suppressed August 1924 Beytüşşebab rebellion Turkey Suppressed 8 February – March 1925 Sheikh Said rebellion^[14] Turkey Suppressed 1926 Second Simko Shikak revolt Pahlavi Persia Suppressed, Simko Shikak flees to Mandatory Iraq 1926 Koçuşağı Rebellion^[18][19] Turkey Suppressed 1927 Mutki Uprising Turkey Suppressed 22 May – 3 August 1929 Asi Resul Rebellion^[20] Turkey Suppressed September 1929 Tendürek Uprisings Turkey Suppressed October 1927 – September 17, 1930 First, second and third Ararat rebellion^{[21][22][23][24][25]} Republic of Ararat, Republic of Turkey Suppressed, Republic of Ararat disbanded. 1930 Tutaklı Ali Can Rebellion [tr] Republic of Turkey Suppressed 1931 Jafar Sultan revolt Iran Suppressed 1931–1932 Ahmed Barzani revolt Kingdom of Iraq Suppressed, low-level insurgency continues through 1933, another revolt by Barzanis erupts in 1943 1935 Yazidi revolt of 1935 Mandatory Iraq Suppressed 20 March – November, 1937 and 2 January – December, 1938 Dersim rebellion 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^[26] Pahlavi Iran, Republic of Mahabad Creation of the Soviet-backed Republic of Mahabad, revolt later suppressed 1948-1952 Penjwen Revolt Kingdom of Iraq 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 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 Suppressed 1983–1986 Kurdish rebellion of 1983 Iraq Indecisive, led to the Anfal Genocide. 15 August 1984 – 12 May 2025 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Republic of Turkey Ceasefire^{[27][28][29][30][31][32][33]} 1986–1996 KDPI insurgency Government of Iran Suppressed; KDPI announces unilateral cease-fire in 1996 1 March – 5 April 1991 1991 Iraqi uprisings Ba’athist Iraq, 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–present Rojava conflict of the Syrian civil war Syria Kurdish fighters have taken control of 365 towns and villages in Syrian Kurdistan and 2 districts in Aleppo by September 2012.^[34] 24 July 2015 – 12 May 2025 Kurdish–Turkish conflict Republic of Turkey Ceasefire 19 April 2016 – present Western Iran clashes Iran Ongoing 24 August 2016 – present Turkish military intervention in Syria Syria Ongoing 15 – 27 October 2017 2017 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict Kurdistan Region Iraqi victory, Kurdistan Region loses territory including Sinjar, Kirkuk and Khanaqin.