Kurds in Jordan explained

Group:	Kurds in Jordan
Population:	30,000–100,000^[1] ~1% of the population
Popplace:	Amman, Irbid, Salt and Zarqa
Languages:	Arabic, Kurdish^[2]
Religions:	Sunni Islam^[3]
Related:	Iranian peoples, Kurdish diaspora

Kurds in Jordan refers to people born in or residing in Jordan who are of Kurdish origin. The Kurdish population in Jordan is approximately 30,000 and they mainly live in the cities of Amman, Irbid, Salt and Zarqa. The approximately 100 years old community are almost completely integrated into the Jordanian society. Because of the integration of the Kurdish community, they do not have a granted seat in the Parliament of Jordan.^[2]

Kurds have been living in Jordan since 1173 with the establishment of Saladin's Ayyubid dynasty.^[2] Kurds in the military of the Ottoman Empire later settled in Salt.^[4] Kurds fled to Jordan as a result of the Kurdish massacres in Turkey in the 1920s and 1930s,^[5] more Kurds arrived to Jordan from Palestine during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and the 1967 Palestinian exodus^[3] and later Kurdish refugees arrived to Jordan from Iraq after the Gulf War.^[6] There are also many Iranian Kurds in Jordan as refugees as a result of the Islamic revolution of Iran.^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Ethnic groups in Jordan
• Kurdish population
• Saad Jumaa
• Jordan–Kurdistan Region relations

Further reading

• Book: al-Akrād al-Urdunīyūn wa-dawruhum fī bināʾ al-Urdun al-ḥadīth / taqdīm wa-iʻd̄ad Muḥammad ʻAlī al-Ṣuwayrakī al-Kurdī. الأكراد الأردنيون ودورهم في بناء الأردن الحديث / تقديم وإعداد محمد علي الصويركي الكردي.. 2004. Dār Sindibād lil-Nashr. 9957150308. 191. ar.
• Book: Ürdün kürtleri ve modern Ürdün'ün yapılandırılmasındaki rolleri. 2006. Avesta. Turkey. 9789944382144. 236. Muhammad ʻAli ̄al-Suwayriki.̄ Kurdi, Kadri Yıldırım. tr.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diaspora: Die Gemeinschaft in Jordanien. Kurdica. Kurdica. 10 December 2012. de. https://web.archive.org/web/20161111060944/http://www.kurdica.com/News-sid-Die-Gemeinschaft-in-Jordanien-167.html. 11 November 2016. dead.
2. Web site: Language and Cultural Shift Among the Kurds of Jordan. 5 December 2012.
3. Web site: Ethnic and religious groups. Fanack. 5 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20141107162208/http://fanack.com/countries/jordan/population/ethnic-and-religious-groups/. 7 November 2014. dead.
4. News: The Kurds from Jordan: The history of one dynasty. https://archive.today/20120905155336/http://www.kurdishglobe.net/display-article.html?id=E20037ECE02402D140657DB7FA813E44. dead. 5 September 2012. 5 December 2012. Kurdish Globe. 13 June 2010.
5. Web site: The Kurds of Lebanon: Socioeconomic Mobility and Political Participation via Naturalization. Guita Hourani. Notre Dame University. 10 December 2012.
6. Web site: Integrative Project: Research Materials. Perspectives Canada. Perspectives Canada. 26 February 2007. 9 December 2012.
7. News: Support committee urges help for Iranian Kurds in Jordan-Iraq border camp.. 10 December 2012. BBC Monitoring. 23 February 2003.
8. Web site: UNHCR worried about welfare of Iranian-Kurds on Iraq-Jordan border. UNCHR. UNCHR. 14 December 2012. 11 July 2006.