[2] The emirate ultimately lost its autonomy due to the Ottoman centralization policies in the mid-1840s and its Kurdish leaders were driven out.
[3][4] Although removed from power, the descendants of the former rulers of Şirvan still commanded respect in the area towards the end of the 19th century.
Under Emir Hasan, the territory was divided into three feudal domains being Şirvan (center), Kafra and Irvan.
[5] When Timur swept the region in 1394, he also captured Şirvan which he handed over to Qara Osman of the Aq Qoyunlu in 1402.
[6][7] After the Ottoman victory in the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, and the supportive stance among the local Kurds, Selim I chose to let Idris Bitlisi and Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha administer the area until Constantinople centralized its power in the mid 1840s.