Soran Emirate

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Soran was a Kurdish emirate that proclaimed independence in 1816.^[1] It ruled over the northeastern part of Iraqi Kurdistan for more than six centuries until it was removed by Ottoman troops in 1835.^{[citation needed]} Its capital for the most time was the city of Rawanduz.

Prior to proclaiming independence, it was an autonomous emirate within wilayet of Sharazur. In sources from the Sassanid era as well as the early Islamic period, the villages in the neighbourhood of Mosul east of the Tigris are referred to as Ba Soren (Syriac: Beith Soren) literally land of Soren. This name seems to be related to the Arian clan of Soren, who during reign of Yazdgird of Persia, ruled what is today known as Iraqi Kurdistan.

The name of the founder of Soran Emirate is said to be Kulos; and it was among few emirates which had a female ruler named Khanzad.^{[citation needed]}

The Kurdish dialect Southern Kurmanji, which is commonly known in Iraq and Iran as Sorani, was named after this emirate. The present-day region of Soran (at the Rawanduz district) in Iraqi Kurdistan was named after this Emirate.