Egil

Egil was a Kurdish hill principality of the Bulduqani dynasty, based at Eğil fortress on the Tigris between Harput and Diyarbakr.

In the fifteenth century Uzun Hasan of the Aq Qoyunlu married Emir Dawlatshah's daughter, but her brother Isa fought him at the Battle on the Tigris in 1457. After brief Safavid rule, Selim I brought Eğil under Ottoman overlordship, allowing its rulers autonomy and exemption from the timar system.