What is Sharaf Khan Bidlisi?
{{Infobox monarch|name={{ubl|Sharaf Khan Bidlisi|{{lang-ku|شەرەفخانی بەدلیسی|Şerefxanê Bedlîsî}}}}|title=[[Emir]], [[Mir (title)|Mir]] and [[Khan (title)|Khan]]|reign=[[Emirate of Bitlis]]|coronation=|full name=Sharaf Khan Bidlisi|predecessor=|successor=Shamsaddin Bag Abu Alma'ali|religion=[[Islam]]|spouse=|issue=|royal house=|dynasty=[[Emirate of Bitlis|Bitlisi dynasty]]|father=Shamsaddin Batlisi|mother=|birth_date=25 February 1543|death_date=1603 (60 years)}}'''Sharaf Khan Bidlisi''' ({{lang-ku|شەرەفخانی بەدلیسی|translit=Şerefxan Bedlîsî}}, 1543 {{Endash}}1603), was a [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] [[prince]] and [[historian]]. In 1597 he wrote a book on Kurdish history, ''[[Sharafnama]]''.<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Bidlisi| first1 = Sharaf Khan| last2 = Izady| first2 = Mehrdad R.| title = The Sharafnama, or, The history of the Kurdish nation, 1597| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=U50sAQAAIAAJ| year = 2005| publisher = Mazda| isbn = 978-1-56859-074-5 }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bidlisi, Sharaf Khan}} [[Category:Kurdish writers]] [[Category:1543 births]] [[Category:1603 deaths]] [[Category:Princes and princesses]] [[Category:Iranian historians]] {{Biography-stub}}