Principality Of Suleyman
The Principality of Suleyman or the Principality of Qulb was the Kurdish principality that ruled the Silvan and Qulb regions from the 15th century until 1838. Süleyman Bey (Silivânî) comes from the name of a Kurdish noble family and consists of the Kurdish pronunciation of the name "Süleyman", which is the name of the administrative unit, rather than the town itself. History After the Battle of Chaldiran, Kara Behlül became the ruler of the principality, which was separated into Silvan and Qulb in 1514. The Süleyman Principality had amicable relations with the Safavids and in that relationship, Emir Diyadin became a notable figure. The Süleyman's most influential period was during the late 15th century. In the 17th century, he migrated to the Doğubeyazıt region and established the Beyazıt Beylik. The principality ended in 1838 as part of the Kurdish Chiefdoms. The area came under direct Ottoman control following the first Treaty of Erzurum, which was signed in ...
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Kurdish People
ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey (in particular Istanbul) and Western Europe (primarily in Germany). The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million. Kurds speak the Kurdish languages and the Zaza–Gorani languages, which belong to the Western Iranian branch of the Iranian languages. After World War I and the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, the victorious Western allies made provision for a Kurdish state in the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres. However, that promise was broken three years later, when the Treaty of Lausanne set the boundaries of modern Turkey and made no ...
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