Principality of Bitlis

Principality of Bitlis
Principality of Bitlis
1182–1847
Status	Sovereign State; (1182–1467) (1495–1507) (1514–1655); Ruled by: Aq Qoyunlu; (1467–1495); Safavids; (1507–1514); ; Ottoman Empire; (1655–1847)
Capital	Bitlis
Common languages	Kurdish; Persian (ruling class/elite, bureaucracy, chancery, literary, Sufis, mercantile, scholarly, madrasas, building inscriptions, gravestone inscriptions)
Government	Principality
Khan/Hakim
• 1578-1597	Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi
History
• Established	1182
• Disestablished	1847
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Seljuk Empire
Ottoman Empire
Today part of	Bitlis Province

The Principality of Bitlis, also known as the Bitlis Khanate,^[2] and the Bitlis Emirate (1182–1847), was a Persianate^[3] Kurdish principality centered at Bitlis. It originated from the Rojaki (or Rozagi) tribal confederation.

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^ Koç, Gülseren Duman (2021-03-04). "A negotiation of power during the age of reforms in the Ottoman Empire: notables, tribes and state in Muş (1820-1840)". Middle Eastern Studies. 57 (2): 209–226. doi:10.1080/00263206.2020.1856092. ISSN 0026-3206. S2CID 231741839.
^ Genç, Vural (2024). "The Cultural Impact of the Persian Language in and around Bidlis". Iranian Studies. 57 (1): 28. doi:10.1017/irn.2023.61. In fact, Bidlis was part of the vast "Persianate world" or, as Green reconceptualizes, "Persographia," which stretched from the Balkans to Central Asia and from the Indian subcontinent to the Caucasus, the area where Persian language, culture, literature, art, and identity dominated strongly.

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[2] Koç, Gülseren Duman (2021-03-04). "A negotiation of power during the age of reforms in the Ottoman Empire: notables, tribes and state in Muş (1820-1840)". Middle Eastern Studies. 57 (2): 209–226. doi:10.1080/00263206.2020.1856092. ISSN 0026-3206. S2CID 231741839.

[3] Genç, Vural (2024). "The Cultural Impact of the Persian Language in and around Bidlis". Iranian Studies. 57 (1): 28. doi:10.1017/irn.2023.61. In fact, Bidlis was part of the vast "Persianate world" or, as Green reconceptualizes, "Persographia," which stretched from the Balkans to Central Asia and from the Indian subcontinent to the Caucasus, the area where Persian language, culture, literature, art, and identity dominated strongly.

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