Bohtan

Bohtan (also Buhtan, Bokhti) was a medieval Kurdish principality in the Ottoman Empire centered on the town of Jazirah ibn 'Omar (modern Cizre also known as Cizîra Botan (Jazira Botan)) in southeastern Anatolia. Bohtanis were an ancient and prominent branch of the Kurds that claimed descent from the Islamic General and Sahaba Khalid ibn al-Walid.[1] Some minor branches followed Yazidism but Sunni Islam predominated in the 14th century.[2]

Not to be confused with Bhutan.
Bohtan Principality circa 1835.
 
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History

In the early 8th century Bukhtis and Bajnawi Kurds ruled the area surrounding Sinjar and Jazira mountains known under name Zozan by Arab geographers. Yaqoot Hamawi describes their residing area to be from Ikhlat to Salmas which included many strongholds belonging to Bokhtis; he also mentioned town of Jardhakil as their capital. The principality ruled over an area extending from Diyarbakir to Van and from Rawanduz to Sinjar at its peak.[1] The first governors of Bohtan, were from the Azizoğlu family, who were related to the Governors of the Prinicipality of Bitlis.[3] In the 16th century, Bohtan was granted the status of a Hükümet, and it became a hereditary Kurdish principality within Ottoman Empire.[4]

An important governor of the Bohtan was Bedir Khan Bey, who succeeded Mir Sevdin.[5] Bedir Khan Bey was Mîr of the principality in 1835 and again in 1847.[1]

Bedir Khan Bey resigned after an unsuccessful uprising against the Ottoman Empire and following lost its independence[1]

Sub-groups

The main branches of Bukhtis were Brasbi, Dasni and Sindi. According to Sharafkhan Bidlisi in his time few Bukhtis followed Yazidi faith, furthermore he states that previously Bukhtis were among the Kurdish groups who had a large Yazidi branch.[6]

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See also

References
  1. Jongerden, Joost (2012). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. Brill. p. 60. ISBN 9789004225183.
  2. Nelida Fuccaro, The other Kurds: Yazidis in colonial Iraq, 256 pp., Palgrave Macmillan, 1999. (see p.10)
  3. Winter, Stefan (2006). "The other "Nahdah": The Bedirxand, the Mîllis and the tribal roots of Kurdish Nationalism in Syria". Oriente Moderno. 25 (86) (3): 461–474. ISSN 0030-5472.
  4. Henning, Barbara (2018). Narratives of the History of the Ottoman-Kurdish Bedirhani Family in Imperial and Post-Imperial Contexts: Continuities and Changes. University of Bamberg Press. p. 94. ISBN 3863095510.
  5. Henning, Barbara (2018),p.95
  6. Keo - Religion Archived February 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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