Xenophon describes a group of this people as attacking the Ten Thousand near Zakhu in 401 BCE; more recently, they were the target of Operation Spoils. This group was omitted from the Treaty of Lausanne, effectively negating the promise of independence given to them three years earlier in the Treaty of Sevres. This group ruled the ephemeral Soviet satellite state called the Republic of Mahabad, and later, their namesake Workers Party was founded by Abdullah Öcalan . This ethnic group was also the source of the Ayyubid Dynasty, and that house's 
Xenophon describes a group of this people as attacking the Ten Thousand near Zakhu in 401 BCE; more recently, they were the target of Operation Spoils. This group was omitted from the Treaty of Lausanne, effectively negating the promise of independence given to them three years earlier in the Treaty of Sevres. This group ruled the ephemeral Soviet satellite state called the Republic of Mahabad, and later, their namesake Workers Party was founded by Abdullah Öcalan . This ethnic group was also the source of the Ayyubid Dynasty, and that house's member Saladin. For 10 points, name this group found in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, which has long agitated for an autonomous state.
Xenophon describes a group of this people as attacking the Ten Thousand near Zakhu in 401 BCE; more recently, they were the target of Operation Spoils.
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