Han Mahmud was a 19th century Kurd

Kürd

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ish Lord.

He was born in Mukus (now Van, Turkey

Van, Turkey

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), and after his father Abdi Beg's death, he became Lord (Mir) of the Mukus Kurdish Emirate.

In 1847, he fought in a Kurdish revolt against the Ottomans

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, which was organized with Bedirhan Beg, the Lord of Cizır-Botan. The revolt was quashed, Bedirhan Beg was exiled to Crete, and Han Mahmud was exiled to Rousse

Rousse

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 (now a Bulgaria

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n city). Han Mahmud died in Rousse in 1866.