Emin Ali Bedir Khan
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Emin Ali Bedir Khan (1851, in Kandiye, Crete – 1926, in Cairo) was a founding member of the Kurd Society for Cooperation and Progress and vice president of the Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan and Kurdish politician.
Emin Ali Bedir Khan | |
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Born | 1851 |
Died | 1926, Egypt |
Nationality | Kurdish |
Education | Jurisprudience |
Occupation(s) | Judge, Politician |
Organization | Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan |
Children | Celadet Bedir Khan Kamuran Alî Bedirxan Süreyya Bedir Khan |
Emin Ali was the son of Bedir Khan Beg, the last hereditary ruler of the Principality of Bothan and his spouse Rewshen.[1] He attended a state school of the Ottoman Empire and after his graduation, he began a career in the Ottoman bureaucracy. He left Crete at the age of sixteen, and went to Constantinople to receive his formation. He returned to Kandiye in 1873. There, he was employed at the local Ottoman administration.[1]