Author: Heja » Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:07 pm
I think there is a mistake in the map. "Hamadan" which was the site of the very first kurdish capital of Medyan Empire, isnot a kurdish city anymore. The overwhelming majority consider themselves to be turks, and they speak persian too. But the map is right about Pahla, and the south-eastern part which is called "Lorestan" in iran. But many inhabitants of northen lorestan consider themselves as kurds. Indeed they can easily learn sorani, sinec I have seen at least one person doing that.
About the very southern tip of Zagros(north of Gulf), Including "Bakhtiari" province in iran, I can say they are very similar to kurds, in clothes, traditions and language. But the problem is that they have been so much isolated that they have forgotten their roots. But there is a very nice evidence even today of a kurdish past. The provincial capital is called "Shahr-e-kord" in persian which means "The city of kurds" or "Sharî kurd". Persians stilllook down on them with contempt even today, since they are not considered genuine persians. Certainly different from the inhabitants of inner deserts of iran (Isfahan, Yazd, Kerman, Tehran).
Ez hêdî diçim, bela digîje min; ko zû diçim, ez digîjim belayê!!!