In southern Kurdistan (on which the Sharafname is not very informative), Evliya informs us that the province (eyalet) of Shahrazur (with its capital at Kerkuk) had besides 18 ordinary sancaks also two fully autonomous Kurdish districts, Gaziyan and Mehrevan (fol. 372b
The oldest Kurdish verse:
Reyi li Asef diken walih û heyranê `işq
Dersê Aresto diden serxweş û sekranê `işq
`Eqlê kul er bête nîv mektebê `işqî demek
Dê bibitin mezhekî tiflê hewesxwanê `işq[23]
