A Modern History of the Kurds is a history of the Kurdish people, written by David McDowall and published by I.B.Tauris in 1996 (hardback first edition).^[1] The work is a history of the Kurdish people from the 19th century to the present.^[2]

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• 1996, original hardback edition.
• 2001, paperback edition.
• 2021, updated edition.

David McDowall (author) is a historian and author, focusing on modern Middle Eastern studies.^[1]

• History of the Kurdish people
• Early Kurdish nationalism
• International Journal of Kurdish Studies