Izz al-Din Shir

Izz al-Din Shir was a Kurdish emir of Hakkari in the late 14th century, ruling from Julamerk in the mountains of south-eastern Anatolia. When Timur's armies came through the region he submitted to the conqueror and was allowed to keep his lands. His family went on to rule the emirate of Hakkari for centuries, under Ottoman suzerainty from the 16th century until its abolition in the 1840s.