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

of Army and cousin Prince Ezzaddine Shear, and was
captured in the battle of Orkh Castle, which was his last
battle in 1848 A.D. Then he was exiled by the Ottomans,
together with his family, outside Kurdistan.
Descendants of Baderkhan Pasha
The decedents of Baderkhan Pasha attempted several
times to return to Kurdistan to start another revolution
under the command of Othman, Hussein and Kanaan
Pasha in 1987 A.D. or under the command of the Princes
Medhat and Amin Ali Beg (father of the two princes
Jaladat and Kameran Baderkhan) in 1989 A.D. However,
their revolutions were not successful.
The Revolution of Prince Ezzaddine Shear Botani
Prince Ezzaddine realised that the Ottomans had given
him false promises for his treason against the courageous
Prince Baderkhan Pasha (10), which was a high Ottoman
medal with the picture of Orkh Castle! (The same castle
where the great Prince Baderkhan was surrounded).
Realising that he was shamefully deceived, Prince
Ezzaddine woke up to reality – and though it was too
late, he discovered that the Ottomans are not friends of
one Prince and enemies of the other, but enemies of the
Kurdish nation and its aspirations – so, he was full of
remorse for his treason against his people and their
liberation movement. Thus he started his revolution that
lasted from 1853 to 1864 A.D., and ended when he was
killed by the Ottomans. This nationalist revolution of
Prince Ezzaddine Shear deserves studying and research
to establish whether he was a traitor for the Kurdish
nation or had personal disagreements with his cousin
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