Emirate of Bingöl

Bingöl emirate (1231-1864) or Suveydi Emirate[1] was a Kurdish Emirate reigning in Bingöl region between 1231 and 1864.[2][3][4]

History

Kurdish historian Sharafkhan Bidlisi writes that the Emirs of Bingöl came from the Barmakids family and that they have ruled Bingöl since the caliphate of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.[5] In the 12th century, after the collapse of the Ayyubid Empire, the Emirate of Bingöl was established, then known under the name of Çapakçur.[6] The Bingöl principality, was a vassal to the Mongols, Aq Qoyunlu and Kara Koyunlu respectively, but it preserved its existence in this turbulent period. .[7] After defeating the Azerbaijani dominated Tabriz; it organized expeditions to Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia on 1508. The expeditions were directed towards Mosul, Mardin and Diyarbekir. Later the Safavids succeeded in capturing Capakçur, although they also aimed to take over the administrative center of Hançuk. This was prevented by troops of the Bingöl Emir Abdal Bey.[8] The Emir died shortly after the war and his successor was not able to protect Hançuk, and after the Battle of Caldiran in 1514, the Emirs of Bingöl were subject to the Ottoman Empire[9][10]After the death of Abdal Bey, the lands of the emirate were divided into regions as Genç and Bingöl, which came under the control of Palu Emirate in the early 17th century, was ended by the Ottoman's in 1864.The rulers of the principality were exiled to the city of Harput. [11]

Emir Isfahan bey

Isfahan Bey is one of the gentlemen of Suveydi, after the death of his father between 1514-1549. He reigned for a long time and then left many works as a legacy. Unfortunately, only some of these historical monuments have survived to the present day.[12]

Melik of Bingöl

Information about the emirate of Bingöl is limited between the 13th and 15th centuries.

• Emir Shap(the first known leader of the emirate. )
• Abdal bey (?-1510)(Emirati experienced its most brilliant period. )
• Isfahan bey (1510-1549)( When Isfahan Bey became Emir,Bingöl became a part of the Ottoman Empire .)
• Emir II. Süleyman Bey (1835-1864,

Emir II.Suleyman bey was exiled to Harput by the Ottomans)[13]

References

1. Veli, Yadirgi (3 August 2017). The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey. p. 73. ISBN 9781107181236.
2. Kurdish notables and the Ottoman state: evolving identities, competing ..., p. 58, at Google Books By Hakan Özoğlu
3. Sebastian, Maisel (2018). The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. p. 131. ISBN 9781440842573.
4. Veliâminof-Zerhof, 1,p:260
5. Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1597). Sharafnama. p. 282. ISBN 9786056652011. OCLC 984148348..
6. İbn Hallikan, Vefiyatü’l-Ayan ve Ebnau’z-Zaman, Daru’s-Sadr , Beyrut 1968, c. VII p. 20
7. M. Mahfuz, Söylemez (2010). According To The Tahrir Register Dated 1550 Liva Of Çapakçur (PDF). Bingöl. p. 17. ISBN 978-975-6788-82-0.
8. Tacu'l- Tevarih c. II. s. 309-310; bk. İdris-i Bitlisi, Selim Şahnâme, (Prepared by Hicabi Kırgülü), Ministry of Culture Publications, Ankara 2001, p.267.
9. Nazmi Sevgen 'Kurds III', Turkish History Journal with Documents, number 7, 1968, p. 57-
10. Nejat Göyünç, “The First Administrative Taksimat of Diyarbakır Beylerbeyligi”, History Magazine, March 1969, p. 23-24.
11. M. Mahfuz, Söylemez (2011). According to Archive Documents Bingol Colloquium. Bingöl. p. 32-33.
12. M. Mahfuz, Söylemez (2006). I. Bingöl symposium-. Bingöl. p. 201. ISBN 9789750194405.
13. M. Mahfuz, Söylemez (2011). According to Archive Documents Bingol Colloquium. Bingöl. p. 32-33.