Abstract

Kurdistan is the geographical region in which the Kurdish people live and its borders are distributed among countries, and the largest part of its borders is located within the borders of the Ottoman state and the second part is within the Iranian borders, and that the Kurdish issue, as it pertains to more than one country, its development within each country has a direct or indirect impact on development in its neighboring country; Therefore, its land remained an arena for internal and external conflicts and rivalries. This is what made Kurdistan a great and great importance by Western countries in terms of political, economic, military and strategic aspects, hence this research came to study Sheikh Obaidullah Al-Nahri and his role in the Russian- Ottoman war (1877 AD-1878 AD), which prompted us to divide the research into two topics, the first is Obaid Allah Al-Nahri ( lineage and upbringing), and the second topic, the Russian-Ottoman war (1877-1878 AD) and the role of Sheikh Ubaid Allah Al-Nahri in it, and we came out with results, including.