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Soran may refer to: Places *Soran Emirate, a Kurdish principality *Soran District, a region within the Kurdish Autonomous Region in northern Iraq **Soran, Iraq, a seat of the district government *Sawran, Syria, a town in Syria near Aleppo Fictional characters *Setsuna F Seiei (Soran Ibrahim), protagonist of the Japanese anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' * Tolian Soran, character in the film ''Star Trek Generations'' Other * Soran (band), a South Korean rock band * Sōran Bushi, a traditional song and dance in Japan * Soran clan, a Kurdish clan * Soran Ebrahim, Kurdish actor in the film ''Turtles Can Fly ''Turtles Can Fly'' ( ku, کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن) is a 2004 Kurdish war drama film written, produced, and directed by Bahman Ghobadi. The film stars Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Faysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdolrahman K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soran Emirate
Soran Emirate ( ku, میرنشینی سۆران) was a medieval Kurdish emirate established before the conquest of Kurdistan by Ottoman Empire in 1514 and later revived by Emir Kor centered in Rawandiz from 1816 to 1836. Kor was ousted in an offensive by the Ottomans. Early years While no date has been established for the origin of the Soran Emirate, Kurdish historian Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi mentions the Emirate in Sharafnama in 1597 as established by a shepherd by the name of ''Isa''. Bitlisi claims that villagers quickly followed the popular Isa and they attacked the Rewan Castle where they established themselves. They took the name ''Soran'' meaning ''from red'' after the red stones near the castle. Qadir Muhammad Muhammad writes that the emirate was likely established sometime between the 1330s and 1430s. pp.94–98. Years later, during the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514 between the Ottomans and the Safavids, the Emirate was able to conquer land between Erbil and Kirkuk. In 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soran District
Soran ( ku, قەزای سۆران, ar, قضاء سوران) is a district and an independent administration of the Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, bordering Iran and Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with .... Its main city is Soran. Sub-Districts Soran District is similar to a county, and the seat of government is in Diana, having previously been in Rawandiz. There were five sub-districts in Soran, being Mergasur, Diyana, Khalifan, Rawandiz and Sidekan. Recently, however, Rawandiz became a separate district. References Districts of Erbil Governorate {{Iraqi Kurdistan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soran, Iraq
Soran () or Diana (, ) is a city in Erbil Governorate, and the capital of Soran District in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Soran is one of the largest cities in Kurdistan Region with a population of about 125,000 people. History The city and district of Soran or Suran is named after the Sorani Kurds who inhabit the same geographical region. Surani people are first attested during the rule of the Urartian Empire to have lived in modern Soran district stretching up to the areas around lake Urmia in Iran. Sorani Kurds have given their name to the Sorani Dialect as well, which is one of the three branches of Kurdish language. Cuneiform texts spanning the Early Bronze Age to the early Iron Age suggest the Soran district formed the territorial core of the Hurro-Urartian kingdom of Musasir (Ardini), famed as home to the trans-regional cult center of the Hurrian storm-god Haldi. The Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II in 714 BC during his renowned Eighth Campaign conquered Soran, which he refers to it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawran, Syria
Sawran ( ar, صوران, Ṣawrān), also spelled Suran, Souran or Sawwaran, is a town in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located north of the city of Aleppo, it is the administrative centre of Nahiya Sawran, Aleppo Governorate, Nahiya Sawran in Azaz District. Nearby localities include A'zaz and Kafra, Syria, Kafra to the west, Ihtaimlat and Dabiq, Syria, Dabiq to the east and Mare' to the south. In the 2004 census, Sawran had a population of 6,988. History Sawran's history dates back to the Iron Age when it was an Aramaean settlement in the Kingdom of Bit Adini known as "Surunu." In a military campaign against Bit Adini's king Ahuni, the Neo-Assyrian king Shalmaneser III raided and captured Surunu. It later came under the rule of Assyrian king Tiglath Pileser III. During the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine era in Syria, Sawran was inhabited by the Arab tribe of Tanukhids, Tanukh. Before the Muslim conquest of Syria, Muslim conquest it served an Arab Christian cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setsuna F Seiei
, whose real name is ( ''Suran Ibrahim''), is a fictional character introduced as the protagonist of Sunrise's anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00''. Setsuna is a member of Celestial Being, an organization that aims to end all wars through the deployment of the revolutionary Gundam units in aggressive armed interventions. One of the Gundam pilots, also known as "Gundam Meisters," Setsuna remembers across the series his involvement in a war from the Middle East and wishes to find another way to end the conflict. He has also appeared in the direct film sequel '' Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer'' as well as video games and manga series related with the Gundam franchise. Setsuna was created as a Kurd because director Seiji Mizushima wanted to explore the situation people in the Middle East go through which forces them to participate in wars. He was also made to contrast previous Gundam characters who were relatable with the audience. Setsuna has been a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soran (band)
Soran () is a South Korean indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ... band formed in 2009. They released their first extended play, ''Why Didn't I Know It Then?'', in 2010, followed by the studio albums ''Natural'' (2012), ''Prince'' (2013), and ''Cake'' (2016). They have also released the extended plays ''Polar'' (2017) and ''Share'' (2018). The band consists of four members: Go Yeong-bae (vocals), Lee Tae-uk (guitar), Seo Myeon-ho (bass), and Pyeon Yu-il (drums). Discography Studio albums Extended plays Singles Soundtrack appearances References External links * (in Korean) {{Authority control South Korean rock music groups South Korean indie rock groups Musical groups established in 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sōran Bushi
is one of the most famous traditional songs and dance (''min'yō'') in Japan. It is a sea shanty that is said to have been first sung by the fishermen of Hokkaido. The commonly known version of the song and dance is called and was created in 1991 at the Wakkanai Minami Junior High School. It uses the song and text of Takio Ito's ''Takio no Sōran Bushi'' from 1988, which is a modernized version of the original song with a faster rhythm and a more modern music and text. The choreography was developed by the Butoh dancer Jushō Kasuga, which includes acting ocean waves, fishermen dragging nets, pulling ropes and lifting luggage over their shoulders. The school received an honorable mention at the Folk Song and Dance Awards National Convention in 1992, and one year later the Grand Prix of the Prime Minister of Japan. This made the song and dance nationally known, so that this dance is taught in many schools across Japan as part of the curriculum. During regular intervals of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soran Clan
Central Kurdish (), also called Sorani (), is a Kurdish dialect or a language that is spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan in western Iran. Sorani is one of the two official languages of Iraq, along with Arabic, and is in administrative documents simply referred to as "Kurdish". The term Sorani, named after the former Soran Emirate, is used especially to refer to a written, standardized form of Central Kurdish written in the Sorani alphabet developed from the Arabic alphabet in the 1920s by Sa'ed Sidqi Kaban and Taufiq Wahby. History Tracing back the historical changes that Sorani has gone through is difficult. No predecessors of Kurdish are yet known from Old and Middle Iranian times. The extant Kurdish texts may be traced back to no earlier than the 16th century CE. Sorani originates from the Sulaymaniyah region. 1700s-1918 The oldest written literature in Sorani is reported to have been ''Mahdî ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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