Ottoman Kurds
Ethnic Kurds living within the Ottoman Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ottoman Kurds were ethnic Kurds who lived in the Ottoman Empire. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire ruled Turkish Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Syrian Kurdistan, and a small part of Iranian Kurdistan.
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Total population | |
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Over 500,000 families[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
All around Ottoman Kurdistan | |
Languages | |
Native: Kurdish (Kurmanji, Sorani, and others) Secondary: Ottoman Turkish Liturgical: Quranic Arabic | |
Religion | |
Predominantly: Shafi'i school of Sunni Islam Minority: Twelver Shia, Alevism, Hanafism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Modern Kurds and other Iranian peoples |
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