This unique collection of articles lays down a solid foundation for the pre-modern history of
Kurdistan. The brilliant duo of Genc and Dehqan provide a deeply researched and illuminating
account of the entangled histories of the Kurdish Emirates the Ottoman Empire and Iran. Based
on original research this balanced and nuanced account is a significant contribution to the
literature on the complicated history of the Kurdish ruling houses of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. No other scholars have comparable expertise on the complex sources
related to Ottoman Iranian and Kurdish histories as Dehqan and Genc. This pioneering
compilation of impeccable scholarship will be an instant classic. It will be essential reading
and a call to further research for anyone interested in the administrative and political
structures of 15th-17th century Kurdistan and its neighboring geographies. [Sabri Ates
(Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas)]Based on a range of Ottoman and Persian
documents and chronicles this collection of papers on early modern Kurdistan by Mustafa Dehqan
and Vural Genç brilliantly illustrates the multifaceted relationships of Kurdish emirs and
other local actors with the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid Empires. This original study
substantially contributes to the understanding of the historical evolution of the Kurdish
emirates in the early modern period in addition to bringing new insights into the modes of
integration of the Kurdish borderlands into the two empires. [Akihiko Yamaguchi (Sophia
University Tokyo)]
