Literary patronage in the Kurdish emirates (1514-1846)

The most distinctive feature of the medieval state understanding is that it has a patrimonial state understanding. In this state order, the ruler is at the center of everything. This important position of the ruler representing power and power has shown its effect in every field. Indeed, one of the most important of these fields is the scientific and literary field. In this study, the relationship between the ruler and the poets in the medieval Orient-Islamic world was tried to be based on the Kurdish emirates. The aim of the study is to discuss the relations with the poets and the poets within the framework of literary patronage. In this direction, primarily the political structures of the Kurdish emirates, which are the ruling institutions, as well as their administrative structures were also discussed. In order to prepare for the literary patronage in the Kurdish emirates, the literary relationship between the rulers and poets in the ruling institutions such as the dynasties and the state was studied with examples. Similarly, the relationship of literary patronage has been tried to be demonstrated with examples in Kurdish persuasions that remained within the Ottoman domination area between 1514-1846. All these studies were tried to be reached by using descriptive and historical comparison methods, literature review and sampling methodology in accordance with the research subject and systematic. At the end of the study, a patronage relationship was tried to be determined in every Kurdish emirates. Keywords Kurdish principality, Classical Kurdish Literature, literary patronage, Kurdish emirates, patronage, poet, panegyric, rhapsodise.