[1] In October 1918, near the end of World War I, Mahmud Barzanji broke away from the Ottoman Empire and established the Kurdish state.

Shortly after, it was used by the nationalist party Xoybûn who hoisted the flag over the city of Ağrı during the Ararat rebellion.

The prepared flag was altered and approved by the KDPI who went on to hoist it in the official office of the Iranian government in Mahabad on 17 December 1945.

When the republic was declared on 22 January 1946, the flag was hoisted at the main square while Ey Reqîb was being sung.

Since it was first hoisted in 1946 to represent the concept of an independent Kurdistan (called the Republic of Mahabad and founded in Iranian territory) it has become a symbol of the national identity of Kurds.

[7] The main characteristic of the flag is the blazing golden sun emblem (Roj in Kurdish) at its center.