Pira Delal is believed to have been first built during the Roman Empire, while the present structure appears to be from the Abbasic era.

Kurds from all over Kurdistan visit Pira Delal as a monument of peace and enjoyment with the family.

To solve this, one of the fortune tellers in the city notified the builder that he should bury whoever sets foot on the bridge first, man or beast, under it as a sacrifice.

When Delal's husband arrived to the city after knowing what had happened, he took a pick axe and started digging under the bridge.

Since then the inhabitants would grow two lengthy plants in one of the gaps between the stones on one side of the bridge, and would think of them as Delal's hair braids.