Digital Archive of the Middle East

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• 11 September, thanks and congratulations.
  Single page press release in Kurmanji Kurdish and Arabic, issued in February 1970 by the Komeley Xwendekarani Kurd li Ewrûpa on the activities of the UK Branch of the the Kurdish Students Society in Europe. Supas ù Pírozbayî Laqî Inglistan lem duwayîyeda be rûdawêkî xoş hate peş, be derçunî govarî 11 Eylûl. Em nawe ke nazdarî dilî hemû Kurdeke... Rojî dagîrsanî şorisî Kurdistanî Xuwarû Be gûman (11 Eylûl) betalîyekî gewre le çarçêwey xebatî komele nebezekeman pirr ekat, her bemeş Komelekeman hengawêki gewrey hawîşt bo pêşewe.
• A letter to Omar Sheikhmous from Latif Rashid on behalf of the Kurdish Students Association in Europe
  A letter to Omar Sheikhmous from Latif Rashid, in Arabic, on behalf of the Kurdish Students Association in Europe (KSSE)
• A photo of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou in Mahabad
  KDPI leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou delivering a speech in Mahabad, 20 November 1979
• A statement from the office of Sheikh Ezaddin Hosseini
  This statement expresses the willingness of political forces in Kurdistan for a political solution to stop the imposed war of state against Kurds and welcome the negotiation board to Kurdistan. However, they still emphasise the autonomy of Kurdistan within a democratic Iran and ask people to be united.
• An article on the Kurdish National Liberation Movement, based on a book by Aziz Shemzini
  A five-page article on the Kurdish National Liberation Movement, based on Aziz Shemzini’s book 'Jolaneweyi Rizgari Nishtimani Kurdistan' [The Patriotic Freedom Movements from Kurdistan]. Aziz Shemzini was a prominent member of the KDP in the 1940s - the grandson of Abdel Kader Shemzini, he received a doctorate in Leningrad in 1958. His book was published in Kurdish, Arabic and Russian.
• Annual Journal of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe, No. 13, 1969.
  46-page issue of the Annual Journal of the Kurdish Students Society in Europe, No. 13, (1969) edited by Dara Attar and containing articles by Lord Kilbracken, Taufiq Wahby and C.J. Edmonds.
• Bequest of a Martyr. The Last Testament of Comrade Jelal Ali Marif, executed at Mosul Central Prison, Iraq, on 28 January 1978.
  Fifteen-page booklet containing a short biography and last testament of Jemel Ali Marif (1944-78), also known as Jemal Resh, a member of the Kurdistan Marxist Leninist League who was tortured and executed by Iraqi Baathist security forces.
• Bulletin Of The Kurdish Students Society
• Bulletin of the Solidarity Council of the Peoples of Iran, No. 10 (November 21, 1979)
  Issue no. 10 of the Bulletin of the Solidarity Council of the Peoples of Iran ('Būlitin-i Shūrā-yi Hambastigī-i Khalqʹhā-yi Īrān') with ten pages of news and articles published by the Organisation of Kurdistan Students Abroad (KOMALA) - Swedish section. It includes the terms of the ceasefire and the autonomy plan of the Kurdistan Toilers' Revolutionary Organisation, as well as short pieces of news on different regions of Iran, but specifically Kurdistan, and an article on honouring the memory of the martyrs.
• Copy of Jalal Talabani's handwritten founding declaration of the PUK
  Copy of Jalal Talabani's handwritten founding declaration of the PUK
• Cyclostyled handwritten proclamation to the Kurdish people by the KDP
  Cyclostyled handwritten proclamation to the Kurdish people by the KDP
• Documents of Indictment (1994): A collection of documents condemning the mercenary and terrorist wing of the Kurdistan Islamic Movement and ordering it to attack the federal government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
  A compilation of documents published by the PUK to highlight terrorist activities undertaken by the Kurdistan Islamic Movement in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
• English text of Fuad Hussein's speech to a Kurdish conference in Amsterdam in October 1983
  English text of a speech by KDP member Fuad Mohammed Hussein - then living in Europe - to a Kurdish congress held in Amsterdam in October 1983 under the sponsorship of the Research Institute of Oppressed People.
• Handout published by the Kurdish Students Society in Europe (KSSE)
  Arabic handout, published in February 1966 by the Kurdish Students Society in Europe (KSSE), reporting on their recent meeting in Czechoslovakia, with statements on the situation in Kurdistan and demands for autonomy.
• Holy Islam
  Issue No.3 of 'Holy Islam', a Kurdish-language bulletin published by the Kurdish Islamic movement, featuring articles on religious and political topics, Ba'athism, the peshmerga, poetry, along with photographs of Sheikh Mohammed Hatami, Navvab Safavi and Saddam Hussein.
• Information on Kurdish political parties in Syria, compiled by Omar Sheikhmous for Amir Hassanpour
  Four-page typed document on Kurdish political parties in Syria, compiled by Omar Sheikhmous for Amir Hassanpour and sent to him in 1994. There is a diagram on the final page showing the various branches, splits and mergers within the Syrian Kurdish movement.
• Internal formations of the Kurdish Islamic Army
  30-page photocopied booklet on the 'Internal formations of the Kurdish Islamic Army', providing details of the military and civil structures, the roles of the Shura council, and other matters. Dated 18/4/1982 with the Islamic date of 23 Jumada al-Thani written alongside.
• Issue no. 12 of Rādiyū-i ṣidā-yi Inqilā̄b-i Īrān: Akhbār-i Kurdistān (Iranian Revolution Voice Radio- Kurdistan news)
  A series of short news stories about the front lines of the war in Kurdistan in 1982 was published by KOMALA.
• Issue no. 22 of Rādiyū-i ṣidā-yi Inqilā̄b-i Īrān: Akhbār-i Kurdistān (Iranian Revolution Voice Radio- Kurdistan news)
  A series of short news stories about the front lines of the war in Kurdistan between December 1982 and January 1983 published by KOMALA.
• Joint Reconciliation Program of Kurdish People's Representatives
  Translation from Persian of an article in the newspaper Kār issued by Sāzmān-i Chirīkʹhā-yi Fadāʼī-i Khalq-i Īrān. It consists of the Kurdish People's Representatives' joint reconciliation programme, in which they presented their demands to the central government and called for a demonstration on November 27, 1979, in support of the Kurdish People's Representatives' proposal.
• Journal of Komala No. 9
  Special issue by Komala of the Toilers of Iraq, addressing theoretical aspects of party which is based on Marxism–Leninism framework.
• KDP press release on the agreement signed by Mustafa Barzani
  KDP press release on the agreement signed by Mustafa Barzani
• Komala No. 2 (1979)
  Issue No.2 of Komala magazine (1979)
• Kurdistan Bulletin No. 1 (November 1984)
  Issue No. 1 of 'Kurdistan Bulletin' (November 1984), published by the Iranian Kurdistan Committee, along with a letter to Omar Sheikhmous requesting support for their work. The bulletin includes the "Declaration of the Formation of the Iranian Kurdistan Committee", an article by the "Kurdistan Institute of Paris" on the history of Kurds, a section devoted to news, two letters from KOMALA (Kurdistan Organisation of the Communist Party of Iran) and KDPI (Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran), and a report on a demonstration on October 27th, 1984, in London against the forceful mass deportation of Kurds by the Islamic Republic regime of Iran.
• Letter from Ghassemlou to Omer Sheikhmous
  In this letter, Ghassemlou expresses his gratitude for Omer Sheikhmous as a result of his assistance in Sweden.