Kurdish rulers

Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was a Kurdish commander and political leader. He was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in the Levant. At the height of his power, the Ayyubid realm spanned Egypt, Syria, Upper Mesopotamia, the Hejaz, Yemen, and Nubia.

Asad ad-Dīn Shīrkūh bin Shādhī (; ), (died 23 March 1169) was a Kurdish mercenary commander in service of the Zengid dynasty, then the Fatimid Caliphate and uncle of Saladin. His military and diplomatic efforts in Egypt were a key factor in establishing the Ayyubid dynasty in that country.

The Shaddadids were a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin. who ruled in various parts of Armenia and Arran from 951 to 1199 AD. They were established in Dvin. Through their long tenure in Armenia, they often intermarried with the Bagratuni royal family of Armenia.

Kurdish-Turkmen noble and writer (1543-c.1603)

King of Kurdistan (1878–1956)

Ayyubid emir of Homs 1240-1246

ruler of Dvin and Arran

Ayyubid emir of Baalbek 1179-1182

Occasional Kurdish ruler of Adharbayjan between 938–955

ruler of the Hasanwayhids

kurdish tribal leader

Ayyubid emir of Homs 1179–1186

ardalan ruler

Hasanwayh (also spelled Hasanuya), Hasanwayh Al-Kurdi also known as '''Abu'l-Fawaris,''' was the Kurdish ruler and founder of the Hasanwayhid dynasty, ruling from 961 to 979.

Al-Malik Al-Mujahid Asad ad-Din Shirkuh II or Shirkuh II, was the Kurdish Ayyubid emir of Homs from 1186 to 1240. He was the son of An-Nasir Muhammad ibn Shirkuh, grandson of Shirkuh and first cousin once removed of Saladin. His domains also included Palmyra and ar-Rahba. Al-Mujahid became emir at the age of thirteen when his father died unexpectedly in Homs on 4 March 1186 (10 Dhu’l Hijja 581).

'''Amir Abu'l-Abbas Fadl, better known as Fadluya (also spelled Fadlawayh'''), was a Kurdish chieftain of the Shabankara in Fars. He was the son of Ali ibn Hasan ibn Ayyub of the Ramani clan of the Shabankara, who were Kurds from Syria that migrated to Fars, and was the founder of the Shabankara dynasty in Fars (r. 1030–1078), which lasted sporadically from 1030 to 1355. The Shabankaras occupied the mountain region of Kuhgiluya and maintained a great scale of independence.

Kurdish ruler

kurdish tribal leader

Iraqi politician