Kurdistan and The Kurds A Divided Homeland and a Nation without ...

always a sign and real and only expression of the state of
slavery and exploitation.
In order to prevent bloodshed, Prince Mohamed Pasha
surrendered to the Ottomans who send him to Istanbul.
The Ottoman Sultan apparently gave him amnesty in
order to guarantee the support of Mella Khati and his
followers who enabled the Ottomans to capture him.
However, as always the Ottomans had other secret plans
and sent someone to kill him while passing through the
town of Siwas on his way back to Rawanduz. This was
the end of the majority of the Kurdish leaders and princes,
especially those who trusted the colonisers of Kurdistan.
The Revolution of Badinan Princedom
In 1830 A.D., Prince Ismail Pasha Badinani ignited a
revolution in the areas of Amedy, Duhok and Akra. The
revolution lasted for about ten years with ups and downs
against the Ottoman army. At the end the Ottomans
surrounded him in the Amedy Castle and captured him.
He spent his life in prison in Baghdad.
The Great Revolution of Botan Princedom
In 1812 A.D., Prince Badirkhan Pasha took over the
Princedom of Jazeert Ibn Omar–Botan at the age of
eighteen. In 1842 A.D., he announced the independence
of Kurdistan from the Ottomans state and defeated all
their military campaigns. He established a gun factory
and another for ammunitions in the town of Jazeera. He
issued money carrying his name and the authority of his
government reached up to Mosul, Rawanduz, Shino,
Urmia and Diarbakir. However, at the end this courageous
prince was defeated because of treason by his own Chief
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