The Kurdish Peshmarga Force 1943-1975

The Kurdish Peshmarga Force 1943-1975

Karwan Salih Waisy

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This article shows an area of key interest in modern-day of the Kurdish military, ora well-known Peshmarga force “those who face death” history. The Peshmarga have become anessential of Kurdish sociopolitical culture in the last 100 years. The Peshmarga formally structured by Mustafa Barzani in 1943, they have come to represent the Kurdish nationalist movement in the Middle East, especially in Iraq. Inappropriately, there have been few detailed works at length on the Peshmarga and their link to the Kurdish struggle. Through this paper this link is shown in conjunction with the development of Kurdish military forces. This research paper focuses on the roots of the Peshmarga from 1891 to 1975.This article outlines the historical roots and genesis of the Kurdish Peshmarga forces and their role in the Kurdish issue in the Middle East especially in Iraq. This study presented a noteworthy amount of positively not published details about these parties. It delivers a short history about how the Kurdish Peshmarga force formed; its role in the Kurdish nationalist liberation movement and the Iraqi Kurdish revolts as well.

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Karwan Salih Waisy. 2015. \u201cThe Kurdish Peshmarga Force 1943-1975\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - D: History, Archaeology & Anthropology GJHSS-D Volume 15 (GJHSS Volume 15 Issue D2).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

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Submission ReceivedDecember 8, 2014
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Accepted January 5, 2015
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