Talk:Sulaymaniyah

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"Greater Kurdistan" - from what I understand, this doesn't exist, although the Kurds, naturally, would like it to. I imagine the wording here needs to be fixed up a bit. (anonymous)

It exists in flesh and blood. People - many of them the same people who pooh-pooh "Kurdistan" - regularly refer to "Palestine" and other places that don't officially exist. However, I'll add some wording referring to the fact that Kurdistan is a demographic region, not an official territorial designation. --Jpbrenna 23:44, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Foundation of Slemani

Slemani was not founded in 1786 by Ibrahim Pasha Baban. The city was founded in the classical age and was then called Sharazul/Sharazur. Ibrahim Pasha renamed the city Sulaimani and moved the capital of the Baban principality to this city from Qala Chwalan.

^^Agree^^. The article also does not state anything about the origin of the name. 207.38.194.49 07:32, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

There should be a mention in the history section that Silémaní was founded on the village of Melkendí/Melkengí (Malkandi/Malkangi). Source:C. J. Edmonds 1957, p. 53. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.211.101.239 (talk) 11:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Historical population

A duplicate article about the town in Ottoman times listed the 1906 population as 12,000 people. I've changed Süleymanli to a redirect. Valentinian (talk) 16:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move

Google hits:

191.000 Sulaymaniyah.
10.900 Suleymania.

So previous version is more popular. If there are other reasons for move it should be discussed in Talk page, and formal RfM procedure held. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 19:36, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Population

The article states: "Since being founded as the capital of a powerful Kurdish principality it has grown to about 800,000 people."

This gives an understanding that because Silémaní was the capital of Baban its population has grown to 800,000 people. However the citys great population boom is due to the destruction of practically all the kurdish villages in iraq during the 1980s, specially during the Anfal-campaigns of 1987-1988. This forced villagers to seek refuge and new homes either in the "mujama'ats" or in the cities, and thats primarily why the city'a population has grown in souch extreme figures and in an extreme pace. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.211.101.95 (talk) 16:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)