Kilis

Kilis was a Kurdish emirate north of Aleppo, centered on Kilis and Afrin. Its rulers claimed descent from the Yazidi saint Fakhraddin; in 1337 the family held Kilis under Mamluk overlordship.

After the Ottoman conquest, Canpolat returned to Kilis in 1515 and ruled until 1572. His son Hüseyin expanded toward Aleppo but was executed by the pasha. Hüseyin’s nephew Ali rebelled and was executed in Constantinople in 1610, ending the emirate; his kinsmen fled to Lebanon in 1630.