L.O.Fossum on Mengur Tribe
23 Sep 2009
Permission from ruwange by Mr Hassan Qazi : In the latest article published in Ruwange in Sorani Kurdish translation, The great American Missionary L.O.Fossum who served the Kurdish people in Sablax ( Iranian Kurdistan) before the First World War, informs the readers of "The Kurdistan....
Poem By Abdulla age 9
16 Jan 2009
The Magic Box Poem By Abdulla 9 years old
I will put in my magic box
A rabbit wearing a bow tie
A play station 3 with the James Bond game
The hulk smashing a tank
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Extact from 'Images From The End Game'
26 Oct 2007
An extract from the book 'Images From The Endgame: Persia through a Russian Lens 1901 - 1914' by John Tchalenko.First published 2006 by SAQI.
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Chapter 10 of this book beautifully illustrates the role of the Mangur tribe from this time period.
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The Bulbas federation consisted of Mangur, Mamash, Piran, Shkak, Harki Zarza and some sects and small migratory tribes that in the west of river of mountainous country where they were under authority of Iranian government .During the ruler of end of Zand government and establishment of Qajar government, this federation in Kurdistan part of torrid zone covered section of Ranya region and Khoshnawati to Hwler and Qandil area and Rawanduz, During that time Rahmanpash Baba(the king)the son of Mahmudpasha Baba was ruling in1788.The strong and continuous war between Safawi and Othmani had weakened both Iranian and Turkish empire, some of the Kurdish emirates took opportunity .They began to struggle with these two occupying forces .There should be mentioned that oppression, looting, massacre, too much pressure and....
Mangur tribe