 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - maArabu maMuslim akarwisa hushe hweSassanid muzana ramakore rechinomwe AD, vachikunda dunhu iri. Guta racho rakanga riri chikamu cheMuslim Caliphate kusvikira muzana remakore rechigumi. Kirkuk nenzvimbo dzakapoteredza dzakatongwa neHasanwayhid Kurds Annazid Kurds kubva 1014 kusvika 1120 AD, yakazotorwa neSeljuk Turks kwemakore mazhinji. Pashure pokunge umambo hwakakamurwa hwaparara, guta racho rakavazve pasi pehutongi hwaAbbasids Suleiman Shah uyo aiva gavhuna weguta racho kusvikira rakatorwa nemaMongol muna 1258. Mushure mekupinda kweMongol, Ilkhanate State yakavambwa mudunhu uye guta rakava chikamu cheMongol Ilkhanate. Kutonga kweIlkhanate kwakapera apo muna 1336, maArdalan Kurds akatora guta, kunyangwe ivo pachavo vaive vasori vemarudzi akasiyana-siyana muPersia akavakirwa kuTurkic federations mudunhu, kureva iro reKara Koyunlu, uye Ak Koyunlu kunyanya. Pashure pehondo yeChaldiranMuna 1514 guta racho rakava pasi pevaSoranid Kurds kusvikira rakatorwa nevaBabanids muna 1694. Muna 1851 yakava pasi pokutonga kwoUmambo hweOttoman zvakananga. Utongi hweOttoman hwakaramba huripo kusvikira Hondo Yenyika I apo Umambo hweOttoman hwakadzingwa mudunhu neUmambo hweBritain. 