The Mahmudi, also known as Pinyanişi,
is a
Kurdish tribe in the
Lake Van
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region.
History
According to
Evliya Çelebi
Dervish Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman explorer who travelled through his home country during its cultural zenith as well as neighboring lands. He travelled for over 40 years, rec ...
(1611–1682) they had 60,000 warriors.
The
Yezidi Mahmudi tribe were loyal to the
Safavids
The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ...
until their leader, Hasan Beg, converted from
Yezidism to
Islam
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and switched sides to the Ottomans following the Ottoman attack on
Azerbaijan
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(
Modern day Iranian Azerbaijan) in 1554 during the
Safavid Campaign (1554–55).
Their chief,
Sarı Süleyman Bey,
strengthened the
Hoşap Castle in the Lake Van region, in 1643.
They bordered the
Safavids
The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ...
, and were often raided by them.
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See also
*Kurdish tribes
Kurdish tribes are tribes of Kurds, Kurdish people, an ethnic group from the geo-cultural region of Kurdistan in West Asia, Western Asia.
The tribes are socio-political and generally also a territorial unit based on descent and kinship, real or ...
References
Sources
*{{cite book, author=University of Wisconsin, title=International Journal of Turkish Studies, volume=9, issue=1–2, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OYVpAAAAMAAJ, year=2003, publisher=University of Wisconsin
Kurdish tribes
Turkish Kurdish people