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CONCLUSION<br />

I stated in this book many problems <strong>and</strong> suffering of<br />

our Kurdish people <strong>and</strong> their liberation movement within<br />

a summarized <strong>and</strong> simple narration of their long history<br />

that is full of tragedies, huge sacrifices <strong>and</strong> great<br />

revolutions.<br />

I did not write it in Kurdish language to have a reference<br />

in Arabic language <strong>and</strong> hopping to translate it into Kurdish<br />

<strong>and</strong> other languages in the future to spread its benefit.<br />

(Mr. Sherko Jalal Mamesh carried out the translation of<br />

this book into Kurdish, <strong>and</strong> it was published in series in<br />

“Dilanbar” magazine, published by the late Rahbar Jalal<br />

Mamesh, the Secretary of the KNC in Finl<strong>and</strong>. It was<br />

also translated into Turkish).<br />

In this book I put the dots on the “i”s reminding <strong>and</strong><br />

clarifying that throughout our history we had dozens of<br />

Kurdish independent governments, the last of which was<br />

the Southern <strong>Kurdistan</strong> Kingdom under King Sheikh<br />

Mahmoud Hafid in 1922 <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Kurdistan</strong> Republic of<br />

1946 in Eastern <strong>Kurdistan</strong>. <strong>The</strong>re were also dozens,<br />

even hundreds of Kurdish revolutions that were not<br />

successful in establishing a Kurdish state.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are also dozens of Kurdish parties, associations,<br />

organizations <strong>and</strong> newspapers that called <strong>and</strong> struggled<br />

for a Kurdish state such as Khoyboun Party, J.K., KAJYK,<br />

<strong>and</strong> finally the <strong>Kurdistan</strong> <strong>Nation</strong>al Congress <strong>and</strong> Western<br />

<strong>Kurdistan</strong> Government in Exile.<br />

In addition many Kurdish leaders, political<br />

personalities, writers, poets <strong>and</strong> scientists dedicated their<br />

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