Bradost or Baradust is a famous clan inhabiting a vast geographical area located in the middle of historic Kurdistan, in the region between Iraq

Iraq

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 and Iran

Iran

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's borders. Sidakan District in Iraq is one of the largest areas inhabited by the Bradost clan. In Iran, the clan inhabited Somai Bradost, Doll (Dizadj), Berdasor, Dimdim Castle

Dimdim Castle

Dimdim Castle was a Kurdish fortress located on top of Mount DimDim in West Azarbaijan Province of Iran, just west of Lake Urmia. The fortress dates from pre-Islamic period and in 1609 it was rebuilt by Kurdish leader Emir Xan Lepzêrin, ruler of Bradost,...

, Mergever and Tergever. Those in the Bradost clan speak a Kurmanci

Kurmancî

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 dialect. The clan formed a powerful principality around Urmia. The Battle of DimDim

Battle of DimDim

The Battle of DimDim is the name for the battle between the Safavid Empire and the Sunni Kurds of Ottoman Empire between 1609 and 1610.-Location:...

 in 1609 was fought between the Bradost Prince Amir Khan Lepzerin

Amir Khan Lepzerin

Emîr Xan Lepzêrîn was a Kurdish ruler of Bradost near Urmia. In 1609 he rebuilt the ruined structure of the Dimdim castle. He tried to get more independence of his expanding principality in the face of both Ottoman and Safavid penetration into the region...

 and Shah Abbas

Abbas I of Persia

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 (Iranian Great Saffavid Shah).

See also

• Sidekan
  Sidekan
  ‏‏Sidekan also called Bradost, a vast sub-district belongs to Soran District north of ‎‎Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, with 250 villages, and population of ‎less than 15000...
  
  
• Nochiya Region
• Battle of DimDim
  Battle of DimDim
  The Battle of DimDim is the name for the battle between the Safavid Empire and the Sunni Kurds of Ottoman Empire between 1609 and 1610.-Location:...
  
  
• Mukriyan
  Mukriyan
  Mukriyan, was a Kurdish emirate centered at Mahabad, ruling areas to the south and west of lake Urmia, since the end of 15th century until the middle of 19th century....
  
  
• Timeline of Kurdish uprisings
  Timeline of Kurdish uprisings
  -Pre 19th century:* 1506-1510 - The Yazidis uprising against the Safavids .* 1609 - Battle of Dimdim - Amir Khan Lepzerin , against Safavid Empire.* 1775 - Bajalan uprising against the Zand Dynasty .-19th century:...
  
  
• Sebastian Meyer, the photographer story in Bradost mountains http://sebmeyer.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/bradost-mountains/
• Name of Bradost also became the name of a fantasy city in the novel "The dream wanderer (Pandaemonia # 1)" by Christoph Lode , the German novelist (born 1977), "Bradost has about one million inhabitants, making it the largest city of Orbis Alia world".