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By Dr M Koohzad:
Nearly 940 years ago, a Turkish scholar from eastern Central Asia by the name of Mahmud Kashghari drew a world map to be included in a book that he was writing in Baghdad for the Caliph. Apparently, this is the oldest surviving map that clearly displays Kurdistan as Ardh al-Akrad, or ‘Land of the Kurds’.
The following brief article features the map and the changes that were subsequently made to it.
Also by the author: Koohzad, M. “Kurdistan Ignored Even by American Professional Geography Textbook Writers.” The International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Vol. 22, Nos. 1 & 2, 2008, pp. 173-192.
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