What is History of Kurds?
The '''[[Kurds]]''' are an [[Aryan race|Iranic]] ethnic group in the [[Middle East]]. They live in the mountainous areas to the south of [[Lake Van]] and [[Lake Urmia]], a geographical area collectively referred to as [[Kurdistan]]. Most Kurds speak Northern Kurdish [[Kurmanji]] and Central Kurdish ([[Sorani]]). == Shaddadids == [[File:20110419_Menucehr_mosque_Ani_Turkey_Panorama.jpg|right|thumb|310x310px|The ruins of Manuchihr Mosque, an 11th-century Shaddadid mosque built among the ruins of Ani]] [[File:Rawadids_shaddadids_nakhchivan1.png|right|thumb|250x250px|The ruling area of the Shaddadids and the Rawadids]] The Shaddadids were a Kurdish [[dynasty]]{{Sfn|Bosworth|1996|p=151}}{{sfn|Peacock|2000}}{{sfn|Kennedy|2016|p=215}}{{Sfn|Vacca|2017|p=7}} that ruled in [[Armenia]] and [[Caucasian Albania|Arran]] between 951 and 1174. It was between the [[Kura]] and [[Araxes]] rivers. They dominated a large part of the [[Caucasus]] until the [[Seljuk dynasty|Seljuk]] ruler [[Toghrul]] came to the region.<ref>KHACHATRyAN, A. A. (1979), Nijnetalinskaya Arabskaya Nadpis 570/11'74 Goda, PatmaBanasirakan Handes, IV, page. 1 88-198.</ref>The dynasty was first established in [[Dvin (ancient city)|Dvin]], and it also dominated [[Barda District|Barda]] and [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]]. The Shaddadis army organized expeditions against the [[Bagratid Armenia|Bagratuni]] dynasty and the [[Khazars|Khazar]]<nowiki/>s from 1020 onwards. [[Fadl I]] successful in the beginning, but on his way back from a successful campaign in 1030, he met [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] and Armenian forces and was defeated. They fought against the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] army between 1047 and 1057. Then the influence of the Shaddadis in the region dwindled. From 1067 onwards, the Shaddadis dynasty was occupied by the Seljuks. It continued as a dependent dynasty until 1174.<ref>''Shaddadids'', C.E. Bosworth, The Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol.IX, page 169.</ref><ref>Andrew C. S. Peacock, Nomadic Society and the Seljūq Campaigns in Caucasia, page 216.