Faryad Zangana /
Zangana is a large well-known tribe, not only in Kurdistan, but also in Iraq, thanks to its great figures…

and their pioneering role in various political, media and cultural fields..Etc.Some of them emerged as media men writers, playwrights, statesmen, politicians and military men. They were always in the foreground and many of them are still in the diplomatic and ministerial corps as well as in the senior positions of the state not only in Iraq, but even in Iran, where this family lives in the area of Kermanshah in East Kurdistan before being displaced to South Kurdistan. They had their own Emirate there which was known as (Ali Khan Alzanganah Emirate) as was pointed out to by Prince Sharafkhan Badlisi in his famous (Sharafnamah). But the emirate was exposed to shocks, and attacks by the Safavid state in Iran. As a result, most of the members of the tribe were displaced to the areas of Crimean in South Kurdistan, specifically in the village (Qitoul) near the township of Sankao and there they founded their second Emirate under the name (Zangana Emirate in Qitoul). Its founder was (Prince Nushirwan Beg, Bin Ali Khan Beg Bin Alzanganah) who was serving as finance minister in the reign of Shah Abbas Safavid II of Iran.
It is worth mentioning that (Nushirwan Beg) had got eleven sons. Four of them were killed in the battles that erupted between them and the Safavids in (Mahi de Shet) on the impact of political differences there. Any of the historical sources which were written about the Kurdish tribes did not mention any of his other children except (Prince Ismail Beg), who replaced his father and became the Emir of the Emirate of Alzengana being the eldest son of Prince Nushirwan Beg. That was in the year (1035 Hij --1625 AD) .Then he was granted the title of Amiri by the Ottoman Supreme State.