Bedir Khan Beg

Bedir Khan Beg
Costume of Beder Khan Bey, by Miner Kilbourne Kellogg
Emir of Bohtan
Reign1821–1847
PredecessorSeyfeddin beg
SuccessorYezdanşêr
Born1803
Cizre, Şırnak, Bohtan
Died1869
Damascus, Ottoman Empire
Burial
Names
Mîr Bedîrxan Begê Bûhtî
HouseAzizan dynasty
FatherAbdullah Beg
ReligionSunni Islam

Bedir Khan Beg (Kurmanji: Bedirxan Beg, Turkish: Bedirhan Bey; 1803–1869) was the last Kurdish Mir and mütesellim of the Emirate of Botan.

Hereditary head of the house of Rozhaki whose seat was the ancient Bitlis Castle and descended from Sharafkhan Bidlisi, Bedir Khan was born in Cizre (now in Turkey) of Azizan family. He became the Mir of the Emirate of Botan in 1821 and ruled until 1847. The Bedir Khans also claimed descent from Muhammad's general Khalid ibn al-Walid.