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Kurdish emirates

The Kurdish emirates, Kurdish chiefdoms or Kurdish principalities (Sorani Kurdish: میرنشینە کوردیەکان) were several semi-independent entities which existed during the 16th to 19th centuries during the state of continuous warfare between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran.[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 was the center of the major and minor Kurdish chiefdoms. However, other Kurdish emirates existed outside of Diyarbakir.[2][3]

Policy during the Ottoman-Persian Wars

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The Ottomans gave the Kurds self-rule during the Ottoman-Persian wars, to ensure that the Kurds remain on the Ottoman side. After the Treaty of Erzurum in 1823 the Persian threat was reduced & the Ottomans brought the Kurdish chiefdoms under direct control.[4]

List

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Major emirates

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Minor emirates

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c KurdishGlobe- Kurdish Nationalism in Mam u Zin of Ahmad-î Khânî -- (Part XII) Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kurdish notables and the Ottoman state: evolving identities, competing ..., p. 49, at Google Books By Hakan Özoğlu
  3. ^ "The Formation of Ottoman Kurdistan: Social, Economic and Political Developments in Ottoman Kurdistan before the Nineteenth Century (1514–1800)". The Formation of Ottoman Kurdistan: Social, Economic and Political Developments in Ottoman Kurdistan before the Nineteenth Century (1514–1800) (Chapter 2) - The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Core. 2017. pp. 64–92. doi:10.1017/9781316848579.005. ISBN 9781107181236.
  4. ^ "The Ottoman conquest of Dyarbekir and the administrative organization of the province in the 16th and 17th centuries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  5. ^ Yadirgi, Veli (2014). "2.1 Administrative division of the eyalet of Diyarbekir, 1527-1792". The political economy of the kurdish question in turkey: de-development in eastern and southeastern anatolia (PhD in Development studies thesis). School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  6. ^ Genç, Vural (April 11, 2019). "Kurdish Emirs in the 16th-Century Ruus Registers". Der Islam. 96 (1): 78–111. doi:10.1515/islam-2019-0003. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  7. ^ Özcoşar, İbrahim (September 21, 2020). "KÜRTLER". İslâm Ansiklopedi. Türkiye Diyanet Foundation. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

References

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