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Cizre

Also known as Jazirat ibn Umar, Jazira ibn Umar

Cizre, known in Arabic as Jazirat ibn Umar, is a town on the Tigris in south-eastern Turkey, near the borders of Syria and Iraq. In the 12th and 13th centuries it was ruled by a branch of the Zengid dynasty. Later it was the seat of the Kurdish emirs of Bohtan, whose rule ended after the revolt of Bedir Khan Bey was crushed in 1847.

Cizre
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

CordueneZengid dynastyEmirate of Bohtan

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