Before the 1961 Kurdish rebellion, 55 families lived in the village.

By April, the Kurdish rebellion was decisively put down.

The village guard system was conceived more than a decade ago as the Kurdish rebellion was intensifying.

The region saw several major Kurdish rebellions during the 1920s and 1930s.

This Kurdish and Islamist rebellion was reflected in the international arena.

Saddam used large scale chemical attacks to stop the Kurdish rebellion.

A Kurdish rebellion was also put down in 1966-1967.

In 1991, he was the only American television correspondent to enter northern Iraq to cover the Kurdish rebellion from start to finish.

He wrote his thesis regarding the Kurdish rebellions in 19th century.

More Kurdish rebellions would occur throughout the region.