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Revolt against Ottoman rule, 1813 to 1836
Rawandiz Revolt

Kurdistan under the Ottoman Empire, 1823.
Date1813-1836
LocationKurdistan
Result

Soran Victory

  • Soran Emirate gained independence from the Ottoman Empire and was later confronted again.
Belligerents

Soran Emirate

 Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders
Mir Muhammad Rawandiz Ottoman Empire Mahmud II
Ottoman Empire Emir Diyabakir
Ottoman Empire Emir Sivas
Ottoman Empire Emir Baghdad  †
Ottoman Empire Emir Mosul
Agha Malak  †
Ali Beg  †
Strength
15,000–50,000 90,000–200,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown
  • In 1832
    70,000 Yazidi massacred
  • in 1832
    1000+ Yazidi massacred
  • in 1832
    300 Assyrians massacred
  • In 1833
    500 Yazidi massacred

The "Mir Kora" or Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz started the quest for Kurdish independence against the Ottomans in 1813, after the death of his father. The Mir started multiple campaigns against the Ottoman and local Yazidi forces, won multiple battles and established a powerful state in the region.

References

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  2. Jwaideh, Wadie (2006-06-19). The Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-3093-7.
  3. Muhammad, Qadir Muhammad (2017-12-14). Kurds and Kurdistan in the View of British Travellers in the Nineteenth Century (thesis thesis). University of Leicester. pp.94–98.
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  8. Ateş, Sabri (2013-10-21). Ottoman-Iranian Borderlands: Making a Boundary, 1843-1914. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107033658.


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