Global InformationPrincipality of Zirqan information
Principality of Zirqan | |||||||||
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| 1335–1835 | |||||||||
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| Capital | 1335-1414 Mardin 1414-1709 Gürdükan 1709-1835 Ataq | ||||||||
| Common languages | Kurdish | ||||||||
| Ethnic groups | Kurds | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1335 | ||||||||
• Annexation by the Ottoman Empire | 1835 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Zirqan (1335-1835) was a Kurdish principality founded in the north of Mardin in 1335.[1][2] During the Aq Qoyunlu period, they controlled the Bitlis, Diyarbakır and Mardin regions.[3] Zirqan principality consisted of Ataq, Tercil, Gürdükan and Mihrani regions.[4]
- ^ Zayd " in (Zeydo), a descendant of Sheikh Zarrakin), In 1335, he took Boğat " s Castle and became ruler of this place.(İbnu'l-Münşi)
- ^ Bruinessen, Martin van (2000). Mullas, Sufis and Heretics: The Role of Religion in Kurdish Society. p. 322.
- ^ Pekol (2017).
- ^ Veli, Yadirgi. The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey. p. 73.