Kurdistan and The Kurds A Divided Homeland and a Nation without ...

Kurdistan fell under the Turkish occupation and after
that when the Ottomans government’s interest diminished
regarding the Iranian Safawid government, it started to
implement a centralised policy in Kurdistan with
enthusiasm and intensity. One of the foremost instigators
and supporters of this policy was Malik Ahmad Pasha,
the son of law of Sultan Murad the Forth. This minister
was appointed as a Mayor of Diarbakir after the occupation
of Baghdad and took every opportunity in putting into
practice the Turkish policy of breaking the authority of
the Kurdish princedoms and their national administrations.
Thus as a result of this policy Malik Ahmad Pasha managed
to reduce the Greater Kurdistan to such a degree of
demolition and insignificance that it became just a small
part of the Van province.
The History of Iran as written by Sir Malcolm states,
regarding the policies of the Iranians towards Kurdistan,
that: “In 1727 A.D., Nadir Shah wanted to incite the two
Kurdish tribes of Chamkizk and Qarachulu in Khorasan
against the Turkmans and clash them together, but they
did not listen to him. So, the Shah became angry with
them and displaced them to the Mashad region as revenge.”
In 1753 A.D. the Kurdish Zandi government was
established and lasted for forty one years. After the end
of the Zandi government, the founder of the Qajari
government, Agha Muhammad Khan Qajari, resorted to
displace and disperse the Kurds, especially the Zandi
tribe, from Kurdistan to various parts of Iran and replaced
them with Turkmans.
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