Sarı Süleyman Bey ("Süleyman Bey the Blond", 1643) was an
Ottoman Kurdish governor, the chief of the
Mahmudis (a Kurdish tribe
) under the Ottoman regime,
who strengthened the
Hoşap Castle in the
Lake Van
Lake Van (; ; ) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in the provinces of Van Province, Van and Bitlis Province, Bitlis, in the Armenian highlands. It is a Salt lake, saline Soda lake, soda lake, receiv ...
region.
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17th-century governors of the Ottoman Empire
Kurdish people from the Ottoman Empire
17th-century Kurdish people
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