[3][4][page needed] The Zirqan Principality was founded around Mardin at the beginning of the 13th century.

It is estimated that the Mardin Artuqids lived in the period of Salih Şems al-Din, who ruled between 1312-1364.

In 1335, the Zirqan Principality was established after the conquest of Boğat Castle in Silvan by Zeydo, a descendant of Sheikh Hassan Zerraki.

[8] Selim I made a pact with Kurdish tribal leaders, allowing them to continue to rule over their homelands in exchange for their support in defending the Ottoman borders from the Safavid Empire.

[9] After the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, the Zirqan Beylik began to rule the region with other Kurdish principalities within the Ottoman Empire.