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Botan
Region of Kurdistan
The story of the name
The Botan emirate — historical Kurdish principality. Mem û Zîn is set here.
Etymology
Root: Botan · Toponym
Botan is the Kurdish name of a historical region in south-eastern Anatolia, between the Tigris and Lake Van. Centred on the town of Cizîr (Cizre); home of the 17th-century Bedirxan dynasty whose name informs the standard Latin Kurdish orthography.
Updated: 2026-05-02