Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Declaration
Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji declared a Kingdom of Kurdistan around Sulaimaniyah under British-administered Iraq; it was unrecognised and suppressed.
Significance here: An early episode of Kurdish statehood claims in what became Iraq.
· Declaration
A Kurdish republic proclaimed in Soviet-occupied north-western Iran collapsed within a year after Soviet withdrawal.
Significance here: Mustafa Barzani led its armed force and emerged from it as a Kurdish nationalist leader in Iraq.
· Agreement
An autonomy agreement ended a revolt that began in 1961; it collapsed in 1974.
Significance here: The first autonomy settlement between Baghdad and the Kurdish movement led by Mustafa Barzani.
· Election
After the 1991 uprising and the Iraqi administration’s withdrawal, the Kurdistan Front held elections that created a regional assembly and government.
Significance here: Founded the Kurdistan National Assembly (later Parliament) and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
· Constitutional change
Iraq’s federal constitution recognised the region of Kurdistan and its existing authorities as a federal region.
Significance here: Gave the Kurdistan Region its current constitutional status within federal Iraq.
· Referendum or popular consultation
Voters in the Kurdistan Region and some disputed areas voted on independence; Baghdad rejected the vote and the federal Supreme Court later cancelled its results.
Significance here: The region’s only official independence vote; ruled unconstitutional, it did not lead to independence.
· Legal decision
Iraq’s federal Supreme Court ruled the 2017 referendum unconstitutional and cancelled its results.
Significance here: Settled the referendum’s legal status within Iraq; the KRG said it respected the ruling.
· Election
No party won a majority; the KDP and PUK had not formed a new government by mid-August 2026.
Significance here: Opened a prolonged period of government formation.
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