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Sharafnama
The Sharafnama is a history of the Kurdish dynasties and principalities written in Persian by Sharaf Khan Bidlisi, emir of Bitlis, and completed in 1597. It surveys the ruling families of Kurdistan, their genealogies and their relations with the Ottoman and Safavid empires, and adds a chronicle of Ottoman and Persian rulers. It is the principal source for the history of the Kurdish emirates.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sharafnama. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sharafnama
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