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| Date | Uprising | Location | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 838–841[1] | Kurdish Dasni tribe uprising against the Abbasids | Suppressed | |
| 955–1071[2][3][4] | War against the Musafirid. | Rawadid dynasty | Victory |
| 990–1085 | Kurdish uprising | The Marwanids | Victory, led to the birth of the Marwanids dynasty |
| 1506–1510 | Kurdish-Yazidi uprising against the Safavids[5] | Suppressed when the Yazidi leader,Shír Ṣárim, was defeated in battle. | |
| 1609–1610 | Battle of Dimdim[6] | Suppressed | |
| 1770-1771 | Bedagh Beg Rebellion[7][a] | Bahdinan | Suppressed |
| 1775 | Bajalan uprising[8] | Suppressed | |
| 1806–1808 | Baban uprising[9] | Suppressed | |
| 1812 | Babanzâde Ahmed Pasha Rebellion [tr] | Suppressed | |
| 1830-1833 | Yezidi Rebellion [tr] | Suppressed | |
| 1830–1838 | Mir Muhammed Rebellion | Suppressed | |
| 1838 | Han Mahmud Rebellion[10] | Suppressed | |
| 1838 | Sait Beg Rebellion[11][12] | Suppressed | |
| 1839 | Garzan Uprising[13] | Suppressed | |
| 1845-1847 | 1847 Bedirkhan revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1854–1855 | Yezdanşêr's uprising | Suppressed | |
| 1877 | Dersim Rebellion (1877) | ||
| 1877–1878 | Second Bedirkhanis Revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1880–1881 | Revolt by Sheikh Ubeydullah of Nehri against theQajars.[14][15] | Defeat | |
| 1889 | Emin Ali Bedirkhan Revolt[16] | Suppressed | |
| 1892 | Dersim Rebellion(1892)[17] | Suppressed | |
| 1907 | Bitlis Uprising (1907) | Suppressed | |
| 1907–1909 | Dersim Rebelllion (1907–1909)[18] | Kurdish millitary victory Ottoman diplomatic victory | |
| 1908-1911 | Hamawand rebellion | Suppressed | |
| Early March – 4 April 1914 | Bitlis uprising (1914) | Suppressed | |
| 1914 – 1918 | Kurdish rebellions during World War I |
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| 1919–1922 – First Mahmud Barzanji Revolt | FirstMahmud Barzanji revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1918–1922 | FirstSimko Shikak revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1918–present | Iraqi–Kurdish conflict | Ongoing | |
| 1918–present | Kurdish–Iranian conflict | Ongoing | |
| 1919 | Ali Batı Revolt[19] | Suppressed | |
| 1919–1924 | Kurdish revolts in Iraq (1919–1924) [ar] | Suppressed | |
| 1919-1920 | Surchi revolt | Iraq Levies | Suppressed |
| 17 August- Early September 1919 | Kağızman Uprising[b] | Suppressed | |
| 1920 | Penek Uprising[c] | Suppressed | |
| 1920 | Cemil Çeto Uprising | Suppressed | |
| 1920 | Milli Tribe Rebellion | Suppressed | |
| 6 March – 17 June 1921 | Koçgiri rebellion | Suppressed | |
| November 1922 – July 1924 | SecondMahmud Barzanji revolt | Suppressed | |
| August 1924 | Beytüşşebab rebellion | Suppressed | |
| 8 February – March 1925 | Sheikh Said rebellion[14] | Suppressed | |
| 1925 | Raman and Reşkotan Uprising [ku] | Suppressed | |
| 1926 | SecondSimko Shikak revolt | Suppressed, Simko Shikak flees toMandatory Iraq | |
| 1926 | Koçuşağı Rebellion[20][21] | Suppressed | |
| 1927 | Mutki Uprising | Suppressed | |
| 22 May – 3 August 1929 | Asi Resul Rebellion[22] | Suppressed | |
| September 1929 | Tendürek Uprisings | Suppressed | |
| October 1927 – September 17, 1930 | First, second and thirdArarat rebellion[23][24][25][26][27] | Suppressed,Republic of Ararat disbanded | |
| 1930 | Tutaklı Ali Can Rebellion [tr] | Suppressed | |
| 1931 | Jafar Sultan revolt | Suppressed | |
| 1931–1932 | Ahmed Barzani revolt | Suppressed, low-level insurgency continues through 1933, another revolt by Barzanis erupts in 1943 | |
| 1935 | Yazidi revolt of 1935 | Suppressed | |
| 20 March – November, 1937 and 2 January – December, 1938 | Dersim rebellion | Revolt suppressed, Turkey would, inresponse, begin theDersim Genocide. | |
| 1941–1944 | Hama Rashid revolt | Suppressed, Hama Rashid driven into Iraq | |
| 1943 | 1943 Barzani revolt | Suppressed | |
| November 1945 – December 15, 1946 | Iran crisis of 1946[28] | Creation of the Soviet-backedRepublic of Mahabad, revolt later suppressed | |
| 1948-1952 | Penjwen Revolt | Suppressed | |
| 11 September 1961 – 1970 | First Iraqi–Kurdish War | Stalemate, led to theIraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970 | |
| 1967 | 1967 Kurdish revolt in Iran | Suppressed | |
| April 1974 – 1975 | Second Iraqi–Kurdish War | Suppressed, the Iraqi government re-establishes control over Kurdistan | |
| 1976–1978 | PUK insurgency | Long-term Iraqi victory , led to theKurdish rebellion of 1983 | |
| 1979 | 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran | Suppressed | |
| 1983–1986 | Kurdish rebellion of 1983 | Indecisive, led to theAnfal Genocide. | |
| 15 August 1984 – 12 May 2025 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | Ceasefire[29][30][31][32][33][34][35] | |
| 1986–1996 | KDPI insurgency | Suppressed; KDPI announces unilateral cease-fire in 1996 | |
| 1 March – 5 April 1991 | 1991 Iraqi uprisings | Iraqi military victory; establishment of theKurdish Autonomous Republic, also known asIraqi Kurdistan | |
| March 2004 | 2004 Qamishli riots | Suppressed | |
| 1 April 2004–present | Iran–PJAK conflict | Ongoing | |
| 19 July 2012–present | Rojava conflict of theSyrian civil war | Kurdish fighters have taken control of 365 towns and villages inSyrian Kurdistan and 2 districts in Aleppo by September 2012.[36] | |
| 24 July 2015 – 12 May 2025 | Kurdish–Turkish conflict | Ceasefire | |
| 19 April 2016 – present | Western Iran clashes | Ongoing | |
| 24 August 2016 – present | Turkish military intervention in Syria | Ongoing | |
| 15 – 27 October 2017 | 2017 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict | Iraqi victory,Kurdistan Region loses territory includingSinjar,Kirkuk andKhanaqin. |
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