Kurdish calendar

The Kurdish calendar[1][2][3][4][5][6] is a calendar used in the Kurdistan region of Iraq alongside the Islamic and Gregorian calendar.[7]

See also: Iranian calendars

The First day in this calendar year is called "Newroz" or "Newrûz" meaning "New Day".

References

Citations
  1. Kirmanj, pp. 367–384.
  2. Hirschler 2001, pp. 145–166.
  3. Rafaat, pp. 488–504.
  4. Elis, pp. 193.
  5. Gunter, pp. 191–209.
  6. Leary 2005, p. 176.
  7. Kirmanj, pp. 372–373.

Bibliography
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  • Hirschler, K. (2001). "Defining the Nation: Kurdish Historiography in Turkey in the 1990s" (PDF). Middle Eastern Studies. Informa UK Limited. 37 (3): 145–166. doi:10.1080/714004406. ISSN 0026-3206. S2CID 59445286.
  • Kirmanj, Sherko (2014-07-15). "Kurdish History Textbooks: Building a Nation-State within a Nation-State". The Middle East Journal. 68 (3): 367–384. doi:10.3751/68.3.12. ISSN 0026-3141. S2CID 144636394.
  • Leary, Brendan (2005). The future of Kurdistan in Iraq. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1973-9. OCLC 57001883.
  • Rafaat, Aram (2016-03-07). "The fundamental characteristics of the Kurdish nationhood project in modern Iraq". Middle Eastern Studies. Informa UK Limited. 52 (3): 488–504. doi:10.1080/00263206.2015.1124415. ISSN 0026-3206. S2CID 147220842.
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