Rasul Beg

Background Rasul Beg was born in the late eighteenth century in the town of Rawandiz, within the Soran Emirate. He belonged to the Kurdish ruling family of the emirate. He was the son of Mustafa Beg and belonged to the powerful Kurdish aristocracy of the region. Rasul Beg's brother, Mir Muhammad Pasha, ruled the Soran Emirate from 1816 until his death and led the Rawandiz revolt under the banner of the Soran Emirate.

His rule was short-lived and took place during a period of regional instability, when the Ottoman Empire was attempting to strengthen its authority over the Kurdish regions and to subdue autonomous principalities such as the Soran Emirate and the Bahdinan Emirate.