Publications

PhD Thesis:

• The Beginnings of Ancient Kurdistan, A Historical and Cultural Synthesis (c. 2500-1500 BC). Leiden (The Netherlands), 2012.

MA Thesis:

• Tukulti-Ninurta I (1244-1208 BC), His Life and Deeds in the Light of Published and Unpublished Cuneiform Inscriptions. Baghdad 1993.

• The Northern Transtigris in the First Half of the Second Millennium BC. Leiden (The Netherlands), 2003.

Books:

Central Kurdistan in the first Half of the Second Millennium BC (MA Thesis translated into Kurdish published in book form), 2007, 2nd edition: 2008.

Journal Papers 

            1)      “Two New Royal Inscriptions Dealing with Construction Work in Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta,” Baghdader Mitteilungen (Berlin), Band 25 (1994), pp. 459-472. (together with Dr. A.Fadhil and Dr.                     K.  Deller). (in English)

2)      “The Treaties of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria with the Median Ramataya and eight other Chieftains,” Carwan (the history and heritage journal-Iraq), 111 (1997), pp. 40-53. (in Kurdish)

3)      “The Neanderthals and their Cultural Heritage,” (Translation from Arabic), By: A. J. Jawad, Nwē 1 (1995). (in Kurdish)

4)      “A Mosaic from Tell Khwāris,” (Translated from English), by: P. M. Costa, Zurvān 1 (1997). (in Kurdish)

5)      “Assyrian Policies in Ancient Kurdistan,” Hazarmerd-Journal of Kurdistan Archaeology and Culture, published in Iraq) 1 (1997), pp. 17-31. (in Kurdish)

6)      “The Haladiny Inscription: A preliminary Report,” Hazarmerd 1 (1997), pp. 115-123 (together with R. Abdulla). (in Arabic)

7)      “Introduction to the Hurrian Language,” Part 1, Hazarmerd 24 (2004), pp. 1-11. (in Kurdish)

8)      “Introduction to the Hurrian Language,” Part 2, Hazarmerd 25 (2004), pp. 1-17. (in Kurdish)

9)      “The Significance of Khanaqin and Garmiyan Regions in the History of Mesopotamia,” Zheen 1 (2009). (in Kurdish)

10)  “Idu in the Second Millennium BC,” NABU 2010, Paris. (in English)

11)  “The Historical Background of Kurdish, the pre-Indo-European Phase,” Zheen 2 (2010) (in Kurdish)

12)  “Paikuli, an Important relic…A Forgotten Text,” Zheen 3 (2011). (in Kurdish)

13)  “The Turukkean Kingdom under Zaziya,” Zheen 4 (2012). (in Kurdish)

14) "The Process of Annihilation of Hanigalbat, A Model for Future," Journal of Zankoy Sulaimani B, 2012.

14)  “Tawfeeq Wahbi, Distinctive Philologist, Historian and Archaeologist,” Rovar 72 (2013). (in Kurdish).

15) “Satu Qala: A Preliminary Report on the Seasons 2010-2011,” Anatolica 39 (2013) (Leiden - The Netherlands)(Together with W. H. Van Soldt, C. Pappi, A. Wossink, and C. W. Hess.

16)  “Invented in Kurdistan, a Survey of Technical Inventions in Prehistoric Kurdistan,” Zheen 5 (2013). (in Kurdish)

17)  “Nuzi Architecture and its Importance in the Mesopotamian Architecture,” (Translated from English), by: M. Nóvak, Zheen 6 (2014). (in Kurdish).

        18) Review of J.. MacGinnis, Erbil in the Cuneiform Sources, Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2014. Published in: Bibliotheca Orientalis, vol. LXXII, no. 5-6 September-                December, 2015, Leiden, The Netherlands.

         19) “About the Problem of the Name Shār-bažēr,” Baban 22 (2016) (in Kurdish).

20) Review of Eidem, J., Zagros Studies. Proceedings of the NINO Jubilee Conference and other Studies on   the Zagros Region, Bibliotheca Orientalis 78, no. 5-6 (2021), Leiden.

21) Tim Clayden and Kozad M. Ahmed, “’Aqar Qūf (Ancient Dūr-Kurigalzu) in Early Arab and Pre-17 century Ottoman Sources,” Mesopotamia 57 (2022).

In Print:

• 1. A Concise History of Kurdistan from the Palaeoloithic to the End of the Sassanians. (To be Published in Encyclopaedia Kurdistanica, published by the Kurdistan Academy). (in Kurdish)

  2. A History of Kurdistan Before the Aryans: from the Palaeolithic to the First Millennium BC. (To be published in The Great Islamic Encyclopaedia, published by the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia Institute, Tehran- Iran) (in Arabic).

  3.  Kirkuk and Garmiyan in the Beginning of the Second Millennium BC (The Old Babylonian Period). (To be Published in The Encyclopaedia of Kirkuk). (in Kurdish)

  4. Kirkuk and Garmiyan in the Parthian and Sassanian Periods. (To be Published in The Encyclopaedia of Kirkuk). (in Kurdish)

  5. Verbal Forms and Expressions From Sumerian and Akkadian in Modern Languages – Arabic in Particular. (To be Published in Journal of the College of Arts published by the University of Baghdad).

Conference Papers 

• • Rencontre Assyriologiques Internationale (RAI) 2012 (Leiden - The Netherlands)

  •             Paper: The Kingdom of Zaziya Reconstructed.

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  • Rencontre Assyriologiques Internationale (RAI) 2012 (Leiden - The Netherlands)

  •             Paper (in association with Ch. W. Hess): Epigraphic Finds from Satu Qala.

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  • Workshop of “The Assyrians on the Zab” in Leiden 2011: (Leiden - The Netherlands)

  • Paper: About Idu and Surroundings in the Second Millennium BC According to the Haladiny Inscription.

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  • Workshop of “The Assyrians on the Zab” in Leipzig 2011: (Leipzig - Germany)

  •             Paper: The Hittite Campaign of Tukulti-Ninurta I, New Facts.

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  • Workshop of DUSANE in Leiden University 2008:(Leiden - The Netherlands)

  • Paper: The Range of the Kingdom of Simurrum under Iddi(n)-Sîn in the Light of Inscriptional Material.

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  • Workshop of the Faculty of Archaeology in Leiden University 2015: (Leiden - The Netherlands)

  •             Paper: The Baziyan Building: A different Interpretation.

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  • International Conference on Linguistic Heritage held by The Research Centre for

  • Linguistics, Inscriptions and Texts- 2015: (Tehran, Iran)

• Paper: Sumerian and Akkadian Verbal Forms and Expressions as loan-words in Modern Near Eastern Languages (With a Special Focus on Arabic).