{{Kurds}} {{short description|Kurdish principality}} The '''Principality of Suleyman''' or the '''Principality of Qulb''' was the Kurdish principality that ruled the Silvan and Qulb regions from the 15th century until 1838.{{clarify |date=October 2020}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Sevgen |first=Nazmi |date=1958 |title=Anatolian castles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O7lNAQAAIAAJ&q=kulp+beyleri|isbn= |page=303}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url= |title=The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion |last=Acikyildiz |first=Birgul |date=20 August 2014 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=9781784532161 |language=en}}</ref> Süleyman Bey (Silivânî) comes from the name of a Kurdish noble family and consists of the Kurdish pronunciation of the name "Süleyman", which is the name of the administrative unit, rather than the town itself.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharafkhan Bidlisi |title=Sharafnama |publisher= |year=1597 |isbn=9786056652011 |location= |page=296 |language= |translator-last= |translator-first= |oclc=984148348}}.</ref>
== History == After the Battle of Chaldiran, Kara Behlül became the ruler of the principality, which was separated into Silvan and Qulb in 1514.<ref>{{Cite book |url= |title=The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion |last=Acikyildiz |first=Birgul |date=20 August 2014 |publisher=I.B.Tauris |isbn=9781784532161 |location= |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref> The Süleyman Principality had amicable relations with the Safavids and in that relationship, Emir Diyadin became a notable figure.<ref>{{cite book |last=Beysanoğlu |first=Şevket |date=1990 |title=Diyarbakır history with its monuments and inscriptions: vol. From Akkoyunlular to the Republic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ds8LAAAAIAAJ&q=Kulp+beyli%C4%9Fi |page=489}}</ref> The Süleyman's most influential period was during the late 15th century.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bozkurt |first=Ibrahim |date=2003 |title=Throughout history, tribalism and the history of Şanliurfa tribes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCHZHgAACAAJ&q=inauthor:%22%C4%B0brahim+Bozkurt%22 |pages=260–265}}</ref> In the 17th century, he migrated to the Doğubeyazıt region and established the Beyazıt Beylik.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doğubayazıt Governorship |first=District Governorates |title=History of Doğubayazıt |url=http://www.dogubayazit.gov.tr/dogubayazit-tarihcesi |accessdate= |language=tr}}</ref> The principality ended in 1838 as part of the Kurdish Chiefdoms. The area came under direct Ottoman control following the first Treaty of Erzurum, which was signed in 1823 to settle border disputes between the Ottoman Empire and Persia.
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