Sherwana Castle

Sherwana Castle, additionally known as Shirwanah Castle, is located in Kalar, Kurdistan, Iraq. Sherwana Castle is the ancestral domestic to the Jaff own family. It became built by using Mohamed Pasha Jaff, Kurdish king named with the aid of the Ottomans Empire inside the 1800s. After the Mamluk Vali of Baghdad, Suleiaman Pasha, dealt a crushing defeat to the Persian occupation of Abbas Mirza Qajar of Northern Mesopotamia, and positioned to flight the Babans in 1850, Mohamed Pasha Jaff along side the Jaff nomads had been allowed to reside inside the Shahrizor unhurrassed by means of the Ottomans or Persians in any way.

A golden age commenced for the Jaff as they have become a major strength in all of the location. They're nomadic caravans have been allowed pasture from Khanaqin and Qizil Rubat to Panjwin within the Shahrizor region of Kurdistan. In these regions Mohammed Pasha Jaff from his role of strength commenced to crack down on all of his enemies from the Pro Baban Jaff under Aziz Beg Jaff, who become the son of Kai Khasrow Beg Jaff to the rival tribe of the Hemevand, who had been anti Ottoman and Anti the entirety. He might erect a Fortress on the banks of the Shirwan river to protect in opposition to all of those foes in 1866.