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'''Kurds in Lebanon''' are people born in or residing in ] who are of full or partial ] origin. Estimates on the number of Kurds in Lebanon prior to 1985 were around 60,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ils.indiana.edu/faculty/meho/meho-kawtharani.pdf|title=People: Information & Library Science: Indiana University|access-date=13 November 2014}} {{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Today, there are tens of thousands of Kurds in Lebanon, mainly in ]<ref>Historical Dictionary of Lebanon - Page 125 by Asʻad AbuKhalil</ref> and hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who are of Kurdish origin but assimilated with the locals and considering Arabic to be their mother tongue.
'''Kurds in Lebanon''' are people born in or residing in ] who are of full or partial ] origin. Estimates on the number of Kurds in Lebanon prior to 1985 were around 60,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ils.indiana.edu/faculty/meho/meho-kawtharani.pdf|title=People: Information & Library Science: Indiana University|access-date=13 November 2014}} {{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Today, there are tens of thousands of Kurds in Lebanon, mainly in ].<ref>Historical Dictionary of Lebanon - Page 125 by Asʻad AbuKhalil</ref>
Kurds in Lebanon are people born in or residing in Lebanon who are of full or partial Kurdish origin. Estimates on the number of Kurds in Lebanon prior to 1985 were around 60,000. Today, there are tens of thousands of Kurds in Lebanon, mainly in Beirut.
History
Most Kurds in Lebanon have come in recent decades, but the Kurdish community of Lebanon dates back to the 12th century, when Lebanon was ruled by the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty. The Ottomans also sent loyal Kurdish families to modern-day Syria and Lebanon, where they got administrative roles. These Kurdish groups settled in and ruled many areas of Lebanon for a long period of time.
The first modern wave of Kurdish immigration to Lebanon was in the period of 1925-1950 when thousands of Kurds fled violence and poverty in Turkey. The second wave of Kurds entered in the late 1950s and early 1960s, most of whom fled from political repression in Syria and Turkey. During the early 1990s, the Lebanese government destroyed many squatter quarters in Beirut, where many Kurds lived, leading to the emigration of nearly one quarter of Lebanon's Kurdish population.
The Lebanese people has the most religious diversity of all peoples in the Middle East, comprising 18 recognized religious sects recognized by the Constitution of Lebanon.
Under the terms of the Constitution of Lebanon, the Druze community is designated as a part of the Lebanese Muslim community.
Kurdish women in Beirut
Kurdish population
Demographics of Lebanon