Bohtan

Bohtan
1161/1247/1335–1855
Botan emirate shown in 1730 Ottens Map as "Regnum Bochtanonum"
Botan emirate shown in 1730 Ottens Map as "Regnum Bochtanonum"
Status
CapitalCizre
Religion
Yazidism, Sunni Islam (from 14th century)
GovernmentPrincipality
Mir 
• 1821–1847
Bedir Khan Beg (last)
History 
• Established
1161/1247/1335
• Disestablished
1855
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zengid dynasty
Ayyubid Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Today part ofTurkey, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Iraq

Bohtan (also Buhtan, Bokhti, Botan, Cizre-Botan, Bokhtan) 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. The official religion of this principality was Yezidism in 14th century, although the rulers eventually converted to Islam, Bohtan constituted the third major Yezidi enclave after Shekhan and Sinjar until the 19th century.[1][2]

  1. ^ SHIELDS, SARAH (August 2001). "NELIDA FUCCARO, The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq, Library of Modern Middle East Studies, vol. 14 (London: I. B. Tauris, 1999). Pp. 246. $55 cloth". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (3): 463–465. doi:10.1017/s0020743801293064. ISSN 0020-7438. S2CID 161122658.
  2. ^ Allison Robins, Christine (2015), The Yezidis