Shahrizor[3] Eyalet (Arabic: إيالة شهرزور, Ottoman Turkish: ایالت شهر زور, romanized: Eyālet-i Šehr-i Zōr)[4] was a semi-independent eyalet of the Ottoman Empire covering the area of present-day Iraqi Kurdistan.

[2] The governors were members of Kurdish clans, and only rarely were there Ottoman garrisons in the province.

[3] The members of this clan were able to maintain their rule by guaranteeing the security of the Ottoman Empire's volatile border with Iran in exchange of almost full autonomy.

[3] After 1784,[2] the Babans moved their capital to the new town of Sulaymaniya, which was named after the dynasty's founder.

[3] In 1850 the rule of the Babans was finally brought to an end,[3] and the region was placed under the direct control of the governor of Baghdad in 1862.