Şirvan (Arabic: شروان,[2] Syriac: ܫܝܪܘܢ, romanized: Sherwan,[2] Kurdish: Kufra, Şêrvan,[3] Armenian: Քուֆրա, romanized: Qufra[4]) is a municipality in the Şirvan District of Siirt Province in southeastern Turkey.

[2] Under the Ottoman Empire, Şirvan was a kaza (district) of the sanjak of Siirt in the Bitlis Vilayet,[7] and the village of Küfre (ܫܪܘܐܢ, "village" in Syriac, today called Şirvan) served as its administrative centre.

[8] Christians were also the victim of religious persecution, and led many to emigrate, as well as a small number of Kurds due to economic hardship, and resulted in a gradual process of Kurdification of the district.

[10] In the same year, amidst the Hamidian massacres, the village was attacked by Kurdish nomads of the Mahometan (Mehmediyan) and Strugan (Sturkiyan) tribes, allegedly with the permission of the acting kaymakam (district governor), Fatha Bey.

[12] In order to avoid future attacks, almost all Assyrians and Armenians ostensibly converted to Islam on the suggestion of sedentary Kurds.