Rojava - Western Kurdistan Western Kurdistan or Syrian Kurdistan (Kurdish: Rojavayê Kurdistanê; Arabic: کوردستان السورية Kurdistan Al-Suriyah), also commonly referred to as Rojava (the West in Kurdish), is a de facto autonomous region in northern and north-eastern Syria. Kurds consider Syrian Kurdistan to be part of a greater Kurdistan which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northeastern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), and northwestern Iran (Iranian Kurdistan).
Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)
Map showing de facto cantons of Western Kurdistan (Rojava) in February 2014, as well as territories claimed by Western Kurdistan (Rojava), but not controlled by the Kurds in February 2014
Map showing de facto cantons of Western Kurdistan (Rojava) in February 2014
Map showing de facto borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava) in October 2014
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Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)
Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)
Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)
Map showing the claimed borders of Western Kurdistan (Rojava)
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Western Kurdistan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Western Kurdistan.
Map of the state of Mitanni in 1450 BC
Map of the state of Mitanni in 1450 BC
Map of the state of Mitanni in circa 1400 BCE
Map of the kingdom of Mitanni at its maximal extension
Map of the state of Mitanni
Map of the state of Mitanni
Map of the state of Mitanni
Median Empire, around 600 BC
Median Empire, around 600 BC
Median Empire, around 600 BC
Median Empire, around 600 BC
Median Empire, 600 BC
Median Empire, since 600 BC
Median Empire, 6th century BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great
Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Cyrus the Great
Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, 588-536 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, 579-560 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 490 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire in the time of the Darius the Great
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire, around 480 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire
Achaemenid Persian Empire
Macedonian Empire, 336-323
Macedonian Empire, 334-323 BC
Macedonian Empire, 331-301 BC
Macedonian Empire, 323 BC
Macedonian Empire, 323 BC
Macedonian Empire
Macedonian Empire
Macedonian Empire
Macedonian Empire
Seleucid Empire, 323 BC
Seleucid Empire, 301 BC
Seleucid Empire, 200 BC
Seleucid Empire, 194 BC
Seleucid Empire
Seleucid Empire
Seleucid Empire
Parthian Empire, 100 BC
Parthian Empire, 1st century BC
Parthian Empire, 60 BC
Parthian Empire, 60 BC
Parthian Empire, 50 BC
Parthian Empire, 1 AD
Parthian Empire
Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 400 AD
Roman-Persian Frontier, 5th century
Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, around 500 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire, around 500 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire, 565 AD
Roman-Persian Frontier, 565
Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 6th century
Sassanid Persian Empire, 6th century
Sassanid Persian Empire, 600 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire and Eastern Roman Empire, 600 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire, 620 AD
Sassanid Persian Empire, 226-651
Sassanid Persian Empire
Sassanid Persian Empire
Sassanid Persian Empire
Sassanid Persian Empire
Persian Empires, 610 BC-651 AD
Roman-Persian Frontier in Late Antiquity, 4th-7th centuries
Ghurid Iranian Empire, 1149-1212
Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
Ayyubid Empire, 1171-1246
Ayyubid Empire, 1188
Ayyubid Empire, 1188
Ayyubid Empire, 1189
Ayyubid Empire, 1190
Ayyubid Empire, 12th century
Anatolia and surrounding regions in AD 1200
Ayyubid Empire, 1250-1260
Ayyubid Empire, 1257
Ayyubid Empire
Timurid Empire, 1365-1405
Timurid Empire, 1405
Timurid Empire, 1405
Timurid Empire, 1405
Timurid Empire
Timurid Empire
Timurid Empire
Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722
Safavid Persian Empire in 1501-1722
Safavid Persian Empire in 1512
Safavid Persian Empire, 16th-18th century
Kurdish Independent Kingdoms and Autonomous Principalities circa 1835
Kurdish statehood in the 20th century
Ethno-linguistic maps
Kurdish-inhabited area
Kurdish-inhabited area
Kurdish-inhabited area
Kurdish-inhabited area and Kurdish Diaspora in the Middle East
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