Soran Emirate

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
1330s/1430s–1836
Soran Emirate after the captures of Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz in 1830s.
Soran Emirate after the captures of Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz in 1830s.
Status
CapitalRawandiz
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentPrincipality
Mir-i Miran 
• 1300s
Mir Kalus Beg (Founder)
• 1816-1838
Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz (last)
History 
• Established
1330s/1430s
• Disestablished
1836
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Qara Qoyunlu
Ottoman Empire
Today part ofTurkey, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Iraq, Iran
  1. ^ Mustafa (2019), p. 1.
  2. ^ Ghalib (2011), p. 50.
  3. ^ Ebraheem (2013), p. 235.
  4. ^ Eppel (2016), pp. 54–55.

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