Mukriyan (Kurdish: موکریان) or 'Deryaz'[4] was a Kurdish principality from the late 14th century to the 19th century centered around Mahabad.[5] Mukriyan was a neighbor to the Emirate of Bradost.[6]
Geography and tribes
Kurdish noblewoman Aryana Xanum from Mukriyan by unknown Tableau weaver; circa 16th century
Mukriyan encompassed the area south of Lake Urmia, including the cities of Mahabad, Bukan, Sardasht and Oshnaviyeh[7] with the city of Naqadeh historically being included in Mukriyan,[8] though today Kurds only make up approximately 35% of the city.[9] The city of Saqqez is culturally very similar to Mukriyan, though politically it acted more as its own city-state under the Principality of Ardalan, though as an autonomous vassal and not a part of Ardalani central control.[10][11]
A few tribes include Dehbruki, Gewirk, Mangur, Mukri, Amireh, Khelki, Sheikh Sherefi, Selekei, Ḥasan Khāli, Kārish, Silki, Sekir, Fekiyesi, Ables, Bārik, Soleimāni, Beyi, Omerbil, Merzink, Lētāu Māwet, and Shiwezāi.[12][13]
History
Before Mukris, the region was ruled by Hadhabanis, the region is also in the same, or similar, location as Mannea and Takht-e Soleymān. During the battle of Dimdim, Mukriyanis rallied around Kurds of Bradost.[14]Abbas I of Persia married a Mukri noblewomen in 1610 AD following the execution of her brother, Bodagh Soltan, during the defeat of the Mukri at the battle of Dimdim.[15][16]
^Franz, Erhard (1981). Minderheiten in Iran: Dokumentation zur Ethnographie und Politik. Deutsches Orient-Institut, Dokumentations-Leitstelle Moderner Orient. p. 39. ISBN9783886930081.
^Ateş, Sabri (2013). Ottoman-Iranian Borderlands. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN9781107033658.
^Butler, Herbert (2012). Sir Thomas Herbert, Bart: Travels in Africa, Persia, and Asia the Great : Some Years Travels Into Africa and Asia the Great, Especially Describing the Famous Empires of Persia and Hindustan, as Also Divers Other Kingdoms in the Oriental Indies, 1627-30, the 1677 Version. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies. ACMRS (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies). p. 403. ISBN978-0-86698-475-1.
Hassanpour, Amir (1980). Notes on social structure of Mukriyan, the history of mullas in Mukriyan genealogy of land lords, material in Persian and English.
