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JournalISSN: 1573-384X

Iran and the Caucasus 

Brill
About: Iran and the Caucasus is an academic journal published by Brill. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Asian studies & Armenian. It has an ISSN identifier of 1573-384X. Over the lifetime, 343 publications have been published receiving 1267 citations. The journal is also known as: Iran & the Caucasus.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a thorough review of nearly all relevant aspects of Kurd Studies concerning the ethnic history, identity, religion, language, and literature of the Kurds, making extensive use of all available data and materials, including ancient and mediaeval, particularly those previously examined with regard to related topics.
Abstract: The article presents a thorough review of nearly all relevant aspects of Kurdish Studies concerning the ethnic history, identity, religion, language, and literature of the Kurds. Elaborating upon the respective issues, the author makes extensive use of all available data and materials, including ancient and mediaeval, particularly those never previously examined with regard to related topics. The objective examination of most crucial problems of the field contributes to a better understanding of Kurdish prehistory, expanding, at the same time, the basic methodological concepts upon which further research should be grounded. Due to the politicised nature of Kurdological disciplines, many ideological elements of non-academic provenance, that have found their way into the scholarly milieu in recent decades and have become a constant set of stereotypes and cliches, have been highlighted in the paper.

60 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a demographic survey on the Kurds in Greater Khorasan including presently three separate provinces within the territorial-administrative system of Iran is presented, which includes a comprehensive list of all the villages and rural centres of the province with compact and mixed Kurd population.
Abstract: The article is a demographic survey on the Kurds in Greater Khorasan including presently three separate provinces within the territorial-administrative system of Iran. The research is mainly based on the field materials; the author had identified most of the Kurdish populated localities in situ , though the data obtained from the local municipalities were also taken into consideration. The paper includes a comprehensive list of all the villages and rural centres of Greater Khorasan with compact and mixed Kurdish population, according to the minor administrative divisions, sahrestāns , i.e. districts. The biggest part of the Khorasani Kurds is sedentary, although there are also some groups of seasonal pastoralists. All the Kurds of Khorasan are Shi'ites. Generally, there are 696 villages with a compact or prevailing Kurdish population registered on the territory of Greater Khorasan. The total number of the Khorasani Kurds can be estimated around one million.

43 citations

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TL;DR: In 2015, two Zoroastrian centers opened in Sulaimani, both of which are recognized by the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq as discussed by the authors, and the authors examined the rise and distinctiveness of the new religious movement.
Abstract: Disgusted with ISIS, some Kurds turned away from Islam following the fall of Mosul in 2014. Many became atheists, while others sought comfort in Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism, according to converts, was the “original” religion of the Kurds before they embraced Islam. In 2015, two Zoroastrian centers opened in Sulaimani, both of which are recognized by the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq. Notably, neither has tried to recreate Zoroastrianism the way it is currently and has been historically practiced in Iran and South Asia. Instead, they have created their own versions of Zoroastrianism, which is nationalist, postmodern, and liberal. Kurdish Zoroastrians argue that the reason Kurds are “backward” is Islam. They seek to rectify the present situation through a Kurdish “authenticated” and “original” form of Zoroastrianism. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork at these two centers, the present article examines this new religious movement in Sulaimani, an important city in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. It analyses the rise and distinctiveness of Kurdish Zoroastrianism looking at how Zoroastrian Kurds articulate their views on Islam, women’s rights, human rights, and Kurdish independence.

41 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202317
202239
20205
20195
201811
201714