The Intermingling of Kurdish Scholars with Those Who Lived in Kurdistan in Historical Sources
As is evident in many historical sources, there was an intermingling of Kurdish scholars with other non-Kurdish scholars who lived in Kurdistan for various purposes. This may be due to several reasons, including: the lack of a scientific basis for obtaining information about these scholars. Furthermore, many scholars did not pay sufficient attention to the issue of national identity. The matter is also complex because every scholar who visited the Islamic world was associated with a specific city, such as (al-Irbili, al-Sinjari, etc.). Therefore, many scholars became known by the names of specific regions and cities, which writers used as evidence to determine their nationality.
Among the most prominent of these families, whose ethnic origins, whether Kurdish or not, remain unclear, are (al-Khashab, Banu Aqil al-Irbili, al-Barmakid, and Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari, etc.).
The solution to this problem lies in the hands of scholars and researchers, who must attempt a more scientific approach based on historical evidence. According to these criteria, they establish evidence (confirmed, probable, probable, unconfirmed), and instead of geographical evidence, they use evidence of race, nationality, tribe, and family, relying on contemporary sources of these scholars.