, ,August 2026 ,Pages 254-261
Prof.Dr. Mohammed Zuber Bayazi Mirawi
The migration of Kurdish scholars to Baghdad was not merely an ordinary geographical movement from one region to another. In reality, this represented a transformation of scientific centers and a natural continuation of geographical knowledge and information within Islamic countries. Baghdad, as the capital of thought and intellectual discourse and the center of scientific wealth in the Islamic world, created an environment where talented individuals educated in Kurdish geography could better develop within scholarly circles of jurisprudence, mysticism, literature, philosophy, and other domains, becoming radiant stars in the firmament of science.
In this research, an attempt has been made to analyze and utilize perspectives on scientific centers and knowledge circulation to explore the less-discussed factors behind scholars' migration. The research's analyses reveal that the migration of Kurdish scholars to Baghdad was not solely due to scientific and social necessities, but became a catalyst for a type of scientific transformation whose consequences are observable at both individual and civilizational levels.
From an individual perspective, confronting Baghdad's scientific centers led to methodological exchanges, expansion of intellectual horizons, and the emergence of a new generation of scholars and muftis. At the civilizational level, this migration resulted in the emergence of new trends in jurisprudence and hadith, language and culture, which both enriched Baghdad and Kurdistan, causing significant mutual transformations.
This research demonstrates that the migration of Kurdish scholars to Baghdad was not just an event, but a critical link in the emergence of intellectual, scholarly, and knowledge movements in the region. Without understanding this link, the history of scientific changes in Iraq and Kurdistan remains incomplete.