and Kamuran Alî Bedirxan are his grandchildren. He was the father of twenty-one children. See also Mikdad Midhat Bedir Khan Persecution of Yazidis by Kurds References Further reading Mehmet Alagöz, Old Habits Die Hard, A Reaction to the Application of Tanzimat Edict: Bedirhan Bey's Revolt, MA Thesis, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2003 Martin van Bruinessen, Agha, shaikh, and state : the social and political structures of Kurdistan Nazmi Sevgen, Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anadolu'da Türk beylikleri: Osmanlı belgeleri ile Kürt Türkleri tarihi 1803 births 1868 deaths People from Cizre Political people from the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Kurdish politicians Kurdish people from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century rulers in Asia Exiles from the Ottoman Empire