Daseni Principality | |||||||||||||
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10th century?–1832 | |||||||||||||
Status | Vassal of the Bahdinan (1700s-1832) | ||||||||||||
Capital | Sheikhan | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Kurmanji Kurdish | ||||||||||||
Religion | Yazidism | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 10th century? | ||||||||||||
• Dasin conquerored by Soran | 1832 | ||||||||||||
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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]