Shir Sarim

Shir Sarim was a Yazidi Kurdish leader who led an uprising against Safavid Persia during the reign of Shah Ismail I.

A History of Shah Ismail Safawi (1939) by Ghulam Sarwar, notes that "In the ensuing winter of 1505-6, the Shah proceeded to the frontier of Adharbayjan, for suppressing [Shir] Sarim, a robber-chief of Kurdistan. After slaughtering his followers and plundering the camp, for Shir Sarim succeeded in escaping, the Shah moved to the river Qizil-Uzfln."[1]

Sarim's uprising lasted for the next four years, from 1506-10. In 1510, Sarim was defeated by a Persian army, and Sarim was captured and killed.[2][3] The Kurdish prisoners were put to death "with torments worse than which there may not be".[4]

References
  1. Sarwar, Ghulam (1939). History of Shah Isma'il Safawi. HYDERABAD: The author, MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, ALIGARH. p. 50.
  2. "Kurds". www.mideastweb.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  3. "DAWN - Opinion; May 7, 2006". DAWN.COM. 2006-05-07. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  4. Browne, Edward G. (1928). The Literary History of Persia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 37.


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