
Through an extensive search, I traced 18 different manuscript copies of the Sharafnama in the libraries of England and France, and 21 additional copies introduced in the Catalogues of Oriental libraries throughout Europe and the Middle East. Petersburg, Russia) and the latest made in the nineteenth century (BL. The oldest copy known to us was made almost two years after the completion of the book (now held at St. Soon after the completion of the Sharafnama in August 13, 1797, several copies were made by various scribes of kings and amirs, both in Iran and in the Ottoman Empire. The Emergence of Kurdish Nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925.

Plotting the Geographical Distribution of Kurds.
