Principality of Bitlis
Principality of Bitlis | |||||||||
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| 1182–1847 | |||||||||
| Status |
(1655–1847) | ||||||||
| Capital | Bitlis | ||||||||
| Common languages | Kurdish Persian (ruling class/elite, bureaucracy, chancery, literary, Sufis, mercantile, scholarly, madrasas, building inscriptions, gravestone inscriptions) | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Khan/Hakim | |||||||||
• 1578-1597 | Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1182 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1847 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Bitlis Province | ||||||||
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The Principality of Bitlis, also known as the Bitlis Khanate, and the Bitlis Emirate (1182–1847), was a culturally Persianate Kurdish principality centered at Bitlis. It originated from the Rojaki (or Rozagî) tribal confederation.