Insets: Figure 1. The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad 1946 . - Figure 2: Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq 1975. Figure 3: Regions inhabited by the Kurds. - Figure 4: Distribution of the Kurdish people by country (in%). - Figure 5: Countries with Kurdish popultions: estimated inhabitants in millions (1993). - Figure 6: Estimated populations in 2020 (in millions). - Figure 7: The flight of the Kurds, Spring 1991 . - Figure 8: Oil and water . - Attached note is missing.