Since Kurds were extensively active in the events concerning the Arab conquests in those decades, so that they launched strong and continued resistances to the Arab invasions, it would not be impossible to hope those precious documents provide us with significant information on the political and social life of the Kurds in the late Sasanid era.
250 New Papyri
The good news is that more than 250 interesting papyri have recently been discovered in Austria’s national library. The collection of documents, written in Greek and Coptic and dating from 643 and 644 AD, have shed new light on the Arab conquest of North Africa and Southwest Asia, including significant parts of Kurdistan, in the 1st century After Hijra.
Since Kurds were extensively active in the events concerning the Arab conquests in those decades, so that they launched strong and continued resistances to the Arab invasions, it would not be impossible to hope those precious documents provide us with significant information on the political and social life of the Kurds in the late Sasanid era.
The library is in the process of scanning the documents into digital format so they can be consulted by the public from early 2011 at the Papyrus Museum.Österische Nationalbibliothek
Since Kurds were extensively active in the events concerning the Arab conquests in those decades, so that they launched strong and continued resistances to the Arab invasions, it would not be impossible to hope those precious documents provide us with significant information on the political and social life of the Kurds in the late Sasanid era.
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Excellent article, hopefully these newly found documents will shed some light on the vague Kurdish history.
Besides, I have been checking this website and it is full of amazing information regarding Kurds, their roots and history and everything else about them.
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Many thanks.
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