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Ibrahim Pasha Baban

18th century · 18th century

Ibrahim Pasha Baban was a ruler of the Baban emirate, a Kurdish principality in the mountains of Shahrizor. In 1784 he founded the city of Sulaymaniyah as his new capital, naming it after Büyük Süleyman Pasha, the Mamluk governor of Baghdad. Sulaymaniyah grew into a leading centre of Kurdish culture.

Ibrahim Pasha Baban
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Baban emirate

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