International Journal of Kurdish Studies

Abstract

Kurds have resorted to
migration in different periods of the Islamic Middle Ages. This
migration was happened by different reasons, and also resulted in
multiple results. This research which is devoted to study this aspect, in the
first attempts to write briefly about the beginning of Kurdish settling in
their territories at the beginning of Islamic era. The research also talks
about the different stages of Kurds emigration, and analyzes the motivations
behind these migrations. Such as economic motives like famine (such as the
migration of large groups of Erbil residents because of the drought that
occurred in the year 1318 AD), or health and spread of diseases (such as this
migration that happened in some of the Kurdish areas in the year 1348 AD). Or
the political and military pressures (such as the attacks of Turk Ghazis and Saljuk and Mongol, which forced
many Kurdish groups to migrate from the eastern Kurdish areas to the northern
and western regions in different periods). Also the religious reasons had a
role in this aspect. The Ayyubid and the Kurdish tribes that were with them had
emigrated to Syria and Egypt in order to participate in the Crusades. In the
end we mention the most important conclusions that resulted from those migrations.
And analyze the social and economic consequences as well as the distribution of
the population and the changes that have occurred within the border of the
Kurdish provinces.