Hadhabani
Hadhbani Emirate هەزەبانی | |||||||||||||
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| 906–1131/1144 | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Erbil (winter capital) Salmas (summer capital) | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Kurdish | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 906 | ||||||||||||
• Imad Ad-Din Zengi conquers last remaining territory held by Hadhbanis | 1131/1144 | ||||||||||||
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Hadhabani or Hadhbāni, Hadhbānī, Hadhbāniyya, Heciban (Arabic: الهذبانية al-Hadhbāniyya; Kurdish: هەزەبانی، هۆزەبان، هۆزەوان, Hozabān, Hozwān), was a large medieval and most powerful Sunni Muslim Kurdish tribe. It made various emirates and dynasties from the Caucasus, all the way to upper Mesopotamia.