A Kurdish emirate around Rawanduz north-east of Mosul, of medieval origin, most powerful in its revival of 1816–1836 under Emir Muhammad ('Mir-i Kor', the blind emir), who briefly built a strong autonomous Kurdish state before Ottoman reconquest.
Crushed by the Ottoman Empire in 1836, when an Ottoman army ended Emir Muhammad's autonomous state and reincorporated Soran into direct provincial rule.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Soran Emirate — the shape you scrub through changes in 1500 · 1708 · 1737 · 1751.
Narrates Mir Muhammad of Rawanduz and the rise and fall of the Soran emirate.
Treats Soran among the autonomous Kurdish emirates suppressed during Ottoman centralization.