Safavid Period
During the years 1506–1510, Yazidi Kurds revolted against Shah Ismail I of Safavids (who himself had Kurdish ancestry ). Their leader, Shir Sarim, was defeated and captured in a bloody battle wherein several important officers of Shah Ismail lost their lives. The Kurdish prisoners were put to death "with torments worse than which there may not be".
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