Soran Emirate (Kurdish: میرنشینی سۆران)[1] was a medieval Kurdish emirate established before the conquest of Kurdistan by Ottoman Empire in 1514[2] and later revived by Emir Kor centered in Rawandiz from 1816 to 1836.[3] Kor was ousted in an offensive by the Ottomans.[4]
Soran Emirate | |||||||||
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1330s/1430s–1836 | |||||||||
![]() Soran Emirate after the captures of Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz in 1830s. | |||||||||
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Capital | Rawandiz | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Mir-i Miran | |||||||||
• 1300s | Mir Kalus Beg (Founder) | ||||||||
• 1816-1838 | Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1330s/1430s | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1836 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Iraq, Iran |
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