Bedirhan Bey
Encyclopedia
Badr Khan Beg was the last emir
and mutesellim of Cizre Bohtan
Emirate
.
He began to lose his power due to the centralist policies of the Ottoman Empire
, which culminated in the Tanzimat
Edict of 1839 and its application the following year.
When the Ottomans decided to make changes in the boundaries of Diyarbakır
province in 1842 and 1843 within the application of the Tanzimat Edict, Bedirhan Bey did not accept the changes and the state soon removed him from Cizre and deported him to Crete
.
Emir
Emir , meaning "commander", "general", or "prince"; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world...
and mutesellim of Cizre Bohtan
Cizre
Cizre is a town and district of Şırnak Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, located at the border to Syria, just to the north-west of the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi tripoint....
Emirate
Emirate
An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir.-Etymology:Etymologically emirate or amirate is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any emir ....
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He began to lose his power due to the centralist policies of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, which culminated in the Tanzimat
Tanzimat
The Tanzimât , meaning reorganization of the Ottoman Empire, was a period of reformation that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876. The Tanzimât reform era was characterized by various attempts to modernize the Ottoman Empire, to secure its territorial integrity against...
Edict of 1839 and its application the following year.
When the Ottomans decided to make changes in the boundaries of Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...
province in 1842 and 1843 within the application of the Tanzimat Edict, Bedirhan Bey did not accept the changes and the state soon removed him from Cizre and deported him to Crete
Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
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Sources
- Mehmet Alagöz, Old Habits Die Hard, A Reaction to the Application of Tanzimat Edict: Bedirhan Bey's Revolt, MA Thesis, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2003
- Martin van Bruinessen, Agha, shaikh, and state : the social and political structures of Kurdistan
- Nazmi Sevgen, Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anadolu'da Türk beylikleri: Osmanlı belgeleri ile Kürt Türkleri tarihi