During the Safavid period, the Ardalans were deeply involved in the struggles between the Iranian and Ottoman empires and, whenever it suited them, they shifted their allegiance to the Ottoman state, thus when one of their leaders Ambez Miran supported the Ottomans against the Iranians he was expelled and left Ardalan to live in Soran.
The town Rwandz (Kurdish: Rewandiz) is a city of Iraq, which located in the sub-district of Soran, in the Arbil Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, close to the Iranian border.
The Sorans (Kurdish: 'Hozi Soranakan') are a Kurdish clan whose traditional homeland is the central region of Soran in northern Iraq.
Kamal Mirawdeli received majority of votes in the Sulaimaniya and Soran regions.
The anime's main protagonist Setsuna F. Seiei is a war orphan of Kurdish origins and his real name is Soran Ibrahim, a reference to the child actor portraying the protagonist of Turtles Can Fly.