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KAES letter to=20 UNESCO

03 June 2005
KurdishMedia.com - By = Ardishir=20 Rashidi-Kalhur

Letter of = Appeal=20 To: UNESCO, International Council of Museums and the = World-Wide=20 Research Institutes of
Middle Eastern History.=20

Ref: Accrediting Kurdistan As the Origin of = Discovered=20 Artifacts of Ancient Cultures.

To the above = community of=20 curators, historians and custodians of world=92s cultural = heritage:=20

The Kurdish-American Education Society deeply and = sincerely=20 appreciates the diligent efforts by your respective = organization to=20 preserve the many ancient and invaluable artifacts found and = discovered in the region of Kurdistan (in former times = established=20 by the Medes, forefathers of present-day Kurds). =

Treasure=20 troves of precious articles from the region of Kurdistan = decorate=20 and honor display cases in museums the world over. = Unfortunately,=20 the precise dating, cultural identity, historical = significance and=20 ownership of many of these ancient relics remain highly=20 controversial. Furthermore, the identity of the permanent, = fixed and=20 non-removable archeological sites in Kurdistan continue to = be=20 wrongfully claimed by conquering powers, who have throughout = history=20 usurped the Kurdish land, culture and their identity. =

These=20 practices of omission and denying of Kurdish identity and = cultural=20 heritage with nearly 4000 years of history, must no longer = be=20 acceptable by UNESCO, the World Council of Museums, = international=20 institutes for the study of Middle Eastern History, and = other=20 concerned organizations around the world.

As most = historian=20 would agree, the presence of the modern Kurdish culture can = be=20 traced back to the confluence of several cultures = interacting with=20 the pre-existing inhabitants of the region. It was however, = during=20 the cultural dominance by the Medes, that the linguistic=20 characteristics and cultural identity of the Kurdish people = was cast=20 over the Greater Kurdistan, known in antiquity as the = Kingdom of the=20 Medes.

According to historical sources, the = settlement of=20 Medes, also pronounced Ma-Da, meaning Mother, dates back to = the 17th=20 to 14th century B.C, in the region where they called Iran. = Their=20 western migration and domination over indigenous cultures = continued=20 until 550 B.C. when power was transferred to the newly = formed=20 Persian tribe under the leadership of Cyrus the Great, = grandson of=20 the last king of the Medes, Astyages.

By 550 B.C., = the=20 Kingdom of the Medes encompassed a territory which extended = from the=20 Southern Caspian Sea, to a region later known as Atropatene=20 (Azerbaijan) to the north of Mount Ararat and the Black Sea, = as far=20 west as Central Anatolia (near modern Ankara), south to the=20 Mediterranean sea, northern Syria and Iraq, to Southwestern = Iran and=20 the gulf, later called the Persian Gulf and north to the = Caspian=20 sea.

Ironically, in the Western literature both = classical=20 and modern, very little has been written or has been = referenced=20 about nearly 1200 years of history of the Medes in the = Middle East.=20 One can attribute this lack of knowledge in the West, to the = fact=20 that it was during the (relatively brief) period of Persian=20 dominance (550-330 B.C.) that this history was recorded for = the=20 West, through the Greeks, after the encounters of Alexander = the=20 Great with the Iranian people. What the Greek generals and=20 historians recorded, was erroneously credited under the name = Persians and not the Medes who were the true founders and=20 progenitors of the Iranian people and culture. Their = philosophy,=20 theology, language, art, governmental and organizational = skills,=20 arts of warfare, science, culture, and many artifacts that = we see=20 today in modern museums around the world that have been = discovered=20 in the aforementioned countries, are in parts of Medic = origin. This=20 is not to diminish the contribution of the Persians who = ruled Iran=20 from 550 B.C. to 330 BC and then demised by Alexander the = Great and=20 whose empire was created upon the previously established = Kingdom of=20 the Medes, but cultural origin of identity to each should be = accurately recorded and credited.

Today, what is = left from=20 the Kingdom of the Medes, was depicted by a map published by = the=20 National Geographic Society which is referred to by Kurds as = the=20 Greater Kurdistan. When the modern map of Kurdistan is = superimposed=20 on the map of the ancient kingdom held by the Medes, its = outer=20 fringes shows disappearance of Kurdish culture due to = encroaching=20 enemies and influence of other cultures through out history. = Among=20 them, the Persians in 550 BC, the Greeks in 330 BC, the = Romans in 64=20 BC, Arabic Islam in 640 AD, the Oguz Turks in 1050 AD and = afterward,=20 the British in early twentieth century and the Americans in = the=20 modern time.

For the purpose of this article, we the = Kurds,=20 not only appreciate the efforts of various institutions and = powers=20 in preserving the existence of the pre-Medic cultures found = in the=20 Greater Kurdistan, but also, we ask for the recognition of = the Medic=20 and post-Medic heritage of the people who have come to be = known as=20 the modern Kurdish people and their culture. =

Furthermore,=20 for the purpose of giving due credit to the pre-Medic = cultures which=20 may have produced many of these exquisite artifacts of = beauty and=20 purpose, it is fair and just that their existence is = recognized.=20 These cultures compounded by the arrival of the Medes, are = those who=20 have lived and shaped the present day Kurdish culture since=20 antiquity. Among them history mentions the following = cultures:=20

In West, Northwest and Southwestern Iran = 3000:=20

The Elamites 3000 B.C.
The Gutium 2200 B.C. =
The=20 Assyrians 1400 B.C.
The Medes 1700 BC to the = establishment of=20 their capital in Ecbatana (Western Iran) in 728 B.C. =
Post Medic=20 (Eastern Kurdistan in Iran) 550 B.C.-Present

In=20 Mesopotamia:

The Sumerian 3-4 millennium B.C.=20
Akkadian 2 millennium B.C.
Hurrians 2 millennium = B.C.=20
Assyrians 1400 B.C.
The Medes 612 B.C
Post Medic = 550-Present

In Anatolia

The Mitani, = 1500 B.C.=20
The Luwian 1500 B.C.
The Urartu 9th and 8th B.C. =
The=20 Lydian 7th c. B.C.
The Medes 609 B.C.
Post Medic = 550-=20 Present

All the above considered, today the Kurds = speak a=20 common language with various dialects and have maintained a = strong=20 sense of independent identity. Culturally, philosophically = and=20 linguistically they are different than the Arabic and = Turkish=20 speaking peoples, yet they maintain a distant kinship with = ancient=20 Persians. Kurds are not above or below their neighbors, but = have the=20 rights to preserve their historical legitimacy and = contribution to=20 the enrichment of the world=92s cultural heritage. =

Therefore,=20 we, members of the Kurdish American Education Society, = legitimately=20 request from the world=92s community of Historians, and = particularly,=20 from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural = Organization, the International Council of Museums and the = Academic=20 and Scientific Research Institutions world wide, that no = longer=20 should they omit references to Kurdistan as being the place = where=20 many invaluable cultural artifacts have been found and = discovered.=20 Furthermore, we legitimately request that if any of the = existing=20 artifacts currently in the possession of museums around the = world,=20 which have been found within the following geographical = regions, be=20 re-identified and due credit be given to their original = place of=20 discovery as being in Kurdistan, and those of Medic origin = be=20 identified as such. These regions include:

1) Any = artifact=20 found and discovered in Northwestern, Western, and = Southwestern Iran=20 including Luristan and as far east as the Shari-Kurd in = Southern=20 Iran.

2) Any artifact found and discovered in = Southeastern=20 Turkey including as far west as Adiyaman, Malatya and Elazig = and to=20 the eastern region of the present city of Ankara.

3) = Any=20 artifact found and discovered in the Kurdish inhabited = region in=20 northern Syria and as far west as the Mediterranean sea. =

4)=20 Any artifact found and discovered in the North and = Northeastern=20 Iraq, including Kirkuk, Kahne-Qin and Mandali, and = Fahli-Kurd=20 (Pahli) inhibited region of southeastern Iraq. =

Toward this=20 goal, we further ask for cooperation of all Kurdish = Historians,=20 Scholars for Study of Antiquity, Archeologists, and Research = Scientists in the field within these regions, to exert every = effort=20 to maintain detailed records of the places and origin of new = findings they discover in Kurdistan. Their cooperation with = the=20 international team of researchers is encouraged as long as = the=20 Kurdish identity of such findings and discoveries are = respected and=20 not compromised on the bases of political pressure or = cultural=20 assimilation policies of their encroaching neighbors.=20

Finally, Greater Kurdistan is in the making, and we = must=20 make every legitimate effort to restore credit to our land, = our=20 history, our people and our culture, while we maintain = respect for=20 the same of others. In due time, our effort must include = cataloguing=20 all existing items with origin tracing back to Kurdistan = that are in=20 the possession of many museums around the world. This way, = we can=20 restore legitimate credit where it duly belong so that the = future=20 generation of Kurdish people among others, once more, be = inspired by=20 the spiritual views and artistic creativity of our noble=20 predecessors.

For the Kurdish-American Education = Society,=20
Ardishir Rashidi-Kalhur
Upland, California,=20 USA

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Genesis of the Kurds-Jews Relations, Part=20 III = (01/10/2004)

Genesis of the Kurds-Jews Relations (Part=20 II) = (09/08/2004)

Genesis of the Kurds-Jews relations (Part=20 I) = (06/08/2004)

Who decides for Kurdistan=20 (24/06/2004)

Of Kurds and courage, to = independence=20 (11/06/2004)

History of Newroz=20 = (03/03/2004)

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