The History of Kurd: Kurdish Minor Mede or Turkish Azerbaijan?
Abstract
Kurdistan, Mad, Jibal, Zagros Beladel Al-Akrad and Mahin are referred to the Land of the Kurdish people. The territory of the Kurds extended from Dvîn (south of the lake Sevan) to Mosul, and from Hamadân to the Djezireh, however, it has become smaller and more limited than before due to the lack of Kurdish empire on the one hand and, and the invasion of the Arab, Persian and Turkish tribes on the other. One of the regions that have historically been mentioned as part of the land of Kurdistan and its inhabitants were Kurds, was Azerbaijan or Little Media. until the 11th and 12th centuries, when the Turks (Mongols, Seljuks, Turkmens and ...) invaded the region and changed its demographics and language. the root of the name of Azerbaijan, not because of the presence of specific people, but due to the name of a person called Atropath or "Aturpatkan". the old Azerbaijani term had no ethnic/racial connotation. After the assault of the Turks, Seljuks and the Mongols, its humanitarian map and identity changed to Azeri and Turkic gradually and with the force of the sword. The purpose of this article is to genealogy the word of Azerbaijan ant to prove that it belongs to the Kurd and Kurds were the inhabits of this land, before the immigration/invasion of the Turks.