The Islamic Emirate of Byara was a short-lived unrecognized Kurdish Islamic state ruled by Sharia law which declared independence from Iraq in 2001 and ended in 2003.
إمارة بيارة الإسلامية وهي دولة إسلامية كردية قصيرة العمر غير معترف بها وتحكمها الشريعة الإسلامية والتي أعلنت الاستقلالها عن العراق في عام 2001 وانتهت في عام 2003. (ar)
The Islamic Emirate of Byara was a short-lived unrecognized Kurdish Islamic state ruled by Sharia law which declared independence from Iraq in 2001 and ended in 2003. (en)