What Country Was Kirkuk In?

Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim, Iraq) lies within 17 different states on Chronica Maps' 39 historical border maps. The longest stretch is under Parthian Empire, from 1 BC to AD 399. The earliest state recorded here is Achaemenid Empire (500 BC).

Who ruled Kirkuk?

Period (by border map)	Ruled by
500 BC – 324 BC	Achaemenid Empire
323 BC – 301 BC	Empire of Alexander
300 BC – 2 BC	Seleucid Kingdom
1 BC – AD 399	Parthian Empire
AD 400 – AD 499	Persia
AD 500 – AD 699	Sasanian Empire
AD 700 – AD 799	Umayyad Caliphate
AD 800 – AD 999	Abbasid Caliphate
1000 – 1099	Buwayhid Emirates
1100 – 1199	Seljuk Empire
1200 – 1299	Khwarazmian Empire
1300 – 1399	Ilkhanate
1400 – 1491	Timurid Empire
1492 – 1599	Emirate of the White Sheep Turks
1600 – 1919	Ottoman Empire
1920 – 1944	Mesopotamia (GB)
1945 – today	Iraq

Map showing Kirkuk in AD 200 — Border map for AD 200. See Europe in AD 200.

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Historic cities nearby

Nineveh · about 150 km
Baghdad · about 240 km
Babylon · about 330 km
Tabriz · about 340 km

Battles and events within 200 km

Battle of Gaugamela · 331 BC

Based on approximate historical borders; towns close to a frontier may be assigned to a neighbouring state.

Famous people from the region

Lived	Person
c. 685 BC – 631 BC	Ashurbanipal	King of Assyria
c. AD 763 – AD 809	Harun al-Rashid	Abbasid caliph
c. AD 780 – AD 850	al-Khwarizmi	Mathematician
1137 – 1193	Saladin	Sultan of Egypt and Syria

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.