Baban

Baban, (1649-1850), was a Kurdish principality and ruling family originated in the region of "Pijder". The first ruler was "Feqî Ehmed" ( Ahmad Al-Fakih in Arabic), whose grandson became powerful in the "Sharazur" region. Ahmad's successor, Baba Sulaiman extended his influence to Kirkuk. During the reign of "Sulaiman Pasha", Baban rule was extended to "Koya", Khanaqin, Arbil, "Harir", "Altun Kupri", Badra and some areas of Eastern Kurdistan(western Iran). The headquarters of Baban was initially based at "Qala Chuwalan", and later it was moved to the newly founded city of Sulaimaniya in 1781 during the reign of "Mahmud Pasha Baban". The region under Baban rule stretched from the little Zab river to Sirwan. The history of Baban from 1750 to 1847 was dominated by their rivalries against other Kurdish principalities such as "Soran" and "Botan", and also their reaction against centralizing efforts of Ottomans and Qajars. The principality was finally destroyed during the modernization period in the Ottoman state in mid 19th century. "Ahmad Pasha Baban", their last ruler, was defeated near "Koya" in 1847. After that the region of "Sharazur" was permanently annexed to the Ottoman territory. The last Baban prince left Sulaimaniya in 1850.

List of rulers

#Faqi Ahmad, 1649-1670
#Baba Sulaiman, 1670-1703
#Khana Mohammad Pasha, 1721-1731
#Khalid Pasha, 1732-1742
#Salim Pasha, 1742-1754
#Sulaiman Pasha, 1754-1765
#Muhammad Pasha, 1765-1775
#Abdolla Pasha, 1775-1777
#Ahmad Pasha, 1777-1780
#Mahmoud Pasha, 1780-1782
#Ibrahim Pasha, 1782-1803
#Abdorrahman Pasha, 1803-1813
#Mahmoud Pasha, 1813-1834
#Sulaiman Pasha, 1834-1838
#Ahmad Pasha, 1838-1847
#Abdollah Pasha, 1847-1850

External links

* [http://www.encislam.brill.nl/data/EncIslam/S1/SIM-0981.html Baban] , By S.H. Longrigg, The Encyclopaedia of Islam.
* [http://www.iranica.com/articles/search/searchpdf.isc?ReqStrPDFPath=/home1/iranica/articles/v3_articles/baban-kurdish_princely_family&OptStrLogFile=/home/iranica/public_html/logs/pdfdownload.html Baban] , By W. Behn, Encyclopaedia Iranica.
* [http://www.klawrojna.com/Noosin/kurdsa%20and%20kurdistan.html A brief History of the Kurds and Kurdistan]
* [http://www.pertwk.com/pdf/naw2.pdf History of Baban Dynasty] in "Kurdish Notables", Chapter II, By Mir Basri, translated by "Abdolkhliq Bahaddin", Sulaimania, 2002. (in Kurdish)