Polity Emirate of Hakkari

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Was a Kurdish emirate centered around the city of Hakkâri, and to the west of Lake Urmia on the border with Iran.

Establishment

  • January 1381: The Emirate of Hakkari was founded in the mid-14th century by Emir Izz ad-Din Shir/Yazdan-Shir.

Chronology

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1. Timurid invasions

Military campaigns of Timur (or Tamerlane), a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.

1.1. Tokhtamysh-Timur war

Was a war between the Golden Horde and the Timurid Empire.

1.1.1. Timur's invasions of Georgia

Was the military invasion of Georgia by the Timurid Empire.

  • November 1386: Tamerlan occupied Tbilisi and captured the Georgian king Bagrat V.
  • June 1387: When Timur was informed that Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde, was approaching Iran, he temporarily withdrew from the territories he had occupied in Georgia.

1.2. Timurid invasion Anatolia

Was a Timurid campaign in Anatolia, which was occupied for several years.

  • January 1401: Under the pretext of defending the Muslim lords of Anatolia, Tamerlane began the invasion of Armenia and eastern Anatolia.
  • January 1404: Fortunately for the Ottoman dynasty, in 1403 Tamerlane returned with his army to Samarkand, because he wanted to conquer China.

Disestablishment

  • January 1451: The Aq Qoyunlu conquered Hakkâri.

Selected Sources

  • Ducas: Historia turco-bizantina 1341-1462, XXII [6]