Battle for Erbil
The Battle of Erbil was a battle between the great Yazidi tribe Dasini under Hussein Beg Dasini and Kurdish tribes from Soran under the command of Emir Sayf ad-Din . The battle took place after 1534, the exact year is not known. The only written source about the battle is the Şerefhan name from 1597.
background
In 1534 Suleyman I had the Kurdish prince of Soran Izz ad-Din Scher executed and presented the Vilayet Soran with the Sanjak Erbil to the Yazidi prince Hussein Beg Dasini. The appointment of the Yazidi prince as ruler of Soran met with great opposition. A nephew of Schers attacked Hussein Beg Dasini several times, but was beaten each time. Emir Say ad-Din fled to the Kurdish prince of Ardalan . However, the hoped-for support did not materialize, which is why Emir Sayf ad-Din returned to Soran. At the time, Hussein Beg Dasini was not present.
Emir Say ad-Din was able to pull the majority of the Kurdish tribes there to his side and attacked Erbil with a large number of fighters.
course
When Hussein Beg Dasini was notified of this attack, he and his fighters set off for Erbil. Emir Sayf ad-Din already mobilized a large number of fighters and a bitter battle broke out between the two camps. Unlike before, this time Emir Sayf ad-Din was able to gain the upper hand and strike back Hussein Beg Dasini. 500 Yazidi fighters were killed during the fighting.
After the battle
When Suleyman I found out about this defeat, he had Hussein Beg Dasini ordered to Constantinople (now Istanbul ), where he was sentenced to death and executed. Emir Sayf ad-Din was able to consolidate his power in Soran and declared himself independent from the Ottoman Sultan.
After the death of Hussein Beg Dasini and the loss of their rule, the situation of the Yazidis worsened considerably. Especially since a great hostility developed between the Yazidis and the Kurdish tribes or Muslims from Soran and there were more and more armed conflicts. The Yazidis were able to keep the upper hand in the fighting, but were exposed to a great wave of persecution at the latest after the infamous Fetva of Mehmed Ebussuud Efendi in 1545, which religiously legitimized the killing and enslavement of the Yazidis, among other things.
literature
- John S. Guest: Survival Among the Kurds. A History of the Yezidis. Routledge, London / New York 1993, ISBN 978-0-710-30456-8 .
- Mehmet Emin Zeki Bey: Kürd ve Kürdistan Ünluleri. Apec, Spånga 1998, ISBN 978-9-189-01445-9 .
- François Bernard Charmoy (ed., Transl.): Chèref-nâmeh, ou Fastes de la nation kourde. St. Petersburg 1868–1875.
- Birgul Acikyildiz: The Yezidis. The History of a Community. IB Tauris, London 2014, ISBN 978-1-784-53216-1 .