Emirate of Bingöl
Emirate of Bingöl Mîrîtiya Sûweydiyan | |
|---|---|
| 1240–1873 | |
| Capital | Çapakçur (modern Bingöl) |
| Common languages | Kurdish, Armenian |
| Religion | Islam |
| Government | Beylik |
• 1240–1873 | Suveydi Beys |
| History | |
• Established | 1240 |
• Disestablished | 1873 |
| Today part of | Turkey – Bingöl and surroundings |
The Emirate of Bingöl or Süveydi's (Kurdish: Miritiya Cewlike or Miritiya Suweydiyan) was a Kurdish principality established in the region of modern-day Bingöl and its surroundings, and it ruled from the 1240s until 1873. The beylik was founded through Kurdish tribes settled in the region during the Ayyubid period and was ruled for a long time by the Suveydi Beys.