Sherwana Castle

Sherwana Castle (Kurdish: قەڵای شێروانە), also known as Shirwanah Castle, is a castle located in Kelar, Başûr (South Kurdistan). Sherwana Castle is the ancestral home of the Jaff family.
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Posted by Median Library contributor · 9 November 2024

it was built by Mohamed Pasha Jaff, Kurdish pasha serving the Ottoman Empire,[1] during the 1800s. After the Mamluk Vali of Baghdad, Suleiaman Pasha, dealt a crushing defeat to the Persian occupation of Abbas Mirza Qajar of Northern Mesopotamia, and put to flight the Babans in 1850, Mohamed Pasha Jaff along with the Jaff nomads were allowed to dwell in the Shahrizor unharassed by the Ottomans or Persians in any way. A golden age began for the Jaff as they became a major power in all the region.

Their nomadic caravans were allowed pasture from Xaneqîn and Qizil Rubat to Panjwin in the Shahrizor region of Kurdistan. In these regions Mohammed Pasha Jaff from his position of power began to crack down on all of his enemies from the Pro Baban Jaff under Aziz Beg Jaff, who was the son of Kai Khasrow Beg Jaff to the rival tribe of the Hemevand, who were anti Ottoman and anti-everything. He would erect a fortress on the banks of the Shirwan river to guard against all of these foes in 1866.

This fortress is now known as the Shirwana fortress. In 1868, he would be appointed by the Mamluk Vali Suliaman Pasha of Baghdad. The Jaff's rivals, Hamavands, would go to the Caucasus and fight under for the Russians against the Ottomans. The Russians would arm them and send them back to agitate the Shahrizor and create anarchy.

Posted by Median Library contributor · 9 November 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwana_Castle

Posted by Median Library contributor · 9 November 2024