Kurdish chiefdoms
Kurdish Independent Kingdoms and Autonomous Principalities circa 1835
The Kurdish chiefdoms or principalities were several semi-independent entities which existed during the 16th to 19th centuries in a state of continuous warfare against the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran, at times siding with either of them.[1] The Kurdish principalities were almost always divided and entered into rivalries against each other.[1] The demarcation of borders between the Safavid Shah Safi and the Ottoman caliph Sultan Murad IV in 1639 effectively divided Kurdistan between the two empires.[1]
The eyalet of Diyarbakir ultimately covered all major and minor Kurdish chiefdoms except for Kelhor, Erdalan (Ardalan), Baban, Sehrizor (Shahrizor) and Mukri (Mokri).[2]
List
Major emirates
Minor emirates
- Soran
- Baban
- Çemişgezek
- Mecengird (Mazgird)
- Pertek
- Sagman
- Mirdasi → Egil, Palu, Çermik
- Hazzo
- Sasun
- Erzen
- Zirqan
- Gürdükan
- Ataq
- Tercil
- Mihrani
- Hizan
- Suveydi → Hançük, Genç, Çapaqçur
- Süleymandi → Qulp, Mifariqin
- Amid
- Mardin
- Arabkir
- Kigi
- Harput
- Ergani
- Siverek
- Ruha (Urfa)
- Bire
- Raqqa
- Suruc
- Cammasa
- Deyr ü Rahba
- Beni Rabia
- Mosul
- Eski Mosul
- Ana ve Hit
- Habur
- Sincar
- Aqçaqale
- Nisibin
- Si‘ird
- Masyum u Tur
- Hüsnru
- Ahakis
- Dasini
- Zakho
See also
Notes
References
- Evli̇ya Çelebi̇ in Diyarbekir: the relevant section of The seyahatname, p. 19, at Google Books By Evli̇ya Çelebi̇, Martin van Bruinessen, Hendrik Boeschoten
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