The History of the Peshmerga from the Ottoman Empire to Today's Iraq

This book is an academic study on the history of the Peshmerga, which is a primary and important force in today's Iraq, translated from English into Kurdish, consisting of an introduction, a summary of the study, and three parts.

The first part of this book is dedicated to the order of Kurdish fighters and the importance of the Peshmerga; Peshmerga means the Kurdish Military of Iraqi Kurdistan.

The second part is about the background of the Peshmerga between the years (1890-1958), Kurdish forces in the First World War, the emergence of Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, the Sheikh Said rebellion, Xoybûn (Ararat rebellion), the beginning of the name and reputation of Barzani, the resurgence of Barzani's forces and the Barzan rebellion (1943-1945), the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad, the stories and historical conflicts after the Fall of Mahabad, and the Peshmerga in the Soviet Union between the years (1947-1958).

The third part discusses the Peshmerga in new Iraq between the years (1958-2003), such as the Kurd-Iraq war (1961-1970), the fragmentation of the Peshmerga ranks, the second Kurd-Iraq war (1974-1975), the establishment of the PUK, the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), the Peshmerga during Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991), the 1991 uprising, the Kurdish civil war (1995-1998), the Peshmerga during Operation Iraqi Freedom in the year (2003), and the Peshmerga in new Iraq (2003-2005).