Daseni

Daseni Principality
میرگەها داسنیا (Kurdish)
Mīrgaha Dāsiniyyā
10th century?–1832
StatusVassal of the Bahdinan (1700s-1832)
CapitalSheikhan
Common languagesKurmanji Kurdish
Religion
Yazidism
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established
10th century?
• Dasin conquerored by Soran
1832
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Abbasid Caliphate
Hamdanid dynasty
Hadhabani
Soran Emirate

Dasini (Arabic: الداسنية al-Dāsinīyya; Kurdish: داسنی Dasnî) or Daseni, Dasiniyya, Tasini, Dasiki is a Kurdish Yazidi tribe[1] and ethnonym of Yazidis. The tribe resided near Mosul, Duhok, Sheikhan, Sinjar and all the way to the west bank of Greater Zab river.[2][3][4][5]

The Daseni Principality (Kurdish: میرگەها داسنیا Mīrgaha Dāsiniyyā), also known as Shaykhan principality or Sheikhan principality, was centered in Sheikhan. Ruled from 900s-1832. When it was conquered by the Soran Emirate.[3]

  1. ^ Bocheńska, Joanna (2018). Rediscovering Kurdistan's Cultures and Identities: The Call of the Cricket. Springer. p. 264. ISBN 978-3-319-93088-6.
  2. ^ M. Th. Houtsma, 1993, E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936: Volume 8 - Page 1164, Brill
  3. ^ a b Ali, Majid Hassan (1 November 2019). "Genocidal Campaigns during the Ottoman Era: The Firmān of Mīr-i-Kura against the Yazidi Religious Minority in 1832–1834". Genocide Studies International. 13 (1): 77–91. doi:10.3138/gsi.13.1.05. ISSN 2291-1847. S2CID 208688229.
  4. ^ Ghalib, Sabah Abdullah (13 October 2011). The Emergence of Kurdism with Special Reference to the Three Kurdish Emirates within the Ottoman Empire 1800-1850 (PhD thesis). pp. 52–53. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021.
  5. ^ Grant, Asahel (1841). The Nestorians Or, the Lost Tribes. Containing Evidence of Their Identity, an Account of Their Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies (etc.). John Murray. p. 320.