Zirqan

Zirqan was a Kurdish principality of the Zirki tribe near Silvan. In 1335 Zeyd, a descendant of Sheikh Hassan Zerraki, captured Boğat castle and founded the principality; he ruled it in 1337.

Under the Aq Qoyunlu, Uzun Hasan married a daughter of Emir Omer and granted Bitlis to the family. Safavid forces seized most of its lands in 1507, but after Chaldiran in 1514 the Ottoman sultan Selim I confirmed its emirs as autonomous frontier lords. They declared independence in 1830; Ottoman troops defeated them in 1835 and exiled the family to Edirne.