Sarı Süleyman Bey

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Sarı Süleyman Bey ("Süleyman Bey the Blond", fl. 1643) was an Ottoman Kurdish governor, the chief of the Mahmudis (a Kurdish tribe^[1]) under the Ottoman regime,^[2] who strengthened the Hoşap Castle^[3] in the Lake Van region.^[4]

References

1. Evliya Çelebi; Robert Dankoff (1 January 1991). The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmed Pasha (1588-1662): As Portrayed in Evliya Celebi's Book of Travels (Seyahat-name). SUNY Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-7914-0640-3.
2. Daniel Farson (1 January 1985). A Traveller in Turkey. Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7102-0281-9.
3. David Nicolle (2010). Ottoman Fortifications 1300-1710. Osprey Publishing. pp. 18–. ISBN 978-1-84603-503-6.
4. Altan Çilingiroğlu (1988). The History of the Kingdom of Van, Urartu. Ofis Ticaret Matbaacilik Limited. p. 54. ISBN 9789759551506.