Abstract

During the World War I, British troops entered the Ottaman lands including the Khanikin. British government already had relationship with Sheik Mahmut, called as the leader of ‘’Suleymanian’’, at that time. But British government had started to show more importance to this area when they learnt that Kurdish chiefs in Kifri, Talabani family and Seyit Ahmet – religious leader of the area – are British supporter. With the letter to British government sent by Sheik Mahmut for Kurdistan, British government had sent Noel – the experienced major – to Southern Kurdistan. Furthermore, British government’s paying attention on Armenians’ conditions had caused to create the relationships between British, Kurds and Armenians