Bahdinan

Bahdinan Kurds by Albert Kahn

The Bahdinan (or Badinan)[1] was one of the most powerful and enduring Kurdish principalities. It was founded by Baha-al-Din originally from Şemzînan area in Hakkari in sometime between 13th or 14th century CE. The capital of this emirate was Amedi for a long time.[2]

  1. ^ Michael Eppel (13 September 2016). A People Without a State: The Kurds from the Rise of Islam to the Dawn of Nationalism. University of Texas Press. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-1-4773-0913-1.
  2. ^ Hassanpour, A. (1988). "BAHDĪNĀN". Encyclopædia Iranica.

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