Sidekan (Kurdish: سیدەکان ,Sîdekan)[1][2] also called Bradost, is a vast subdistrict belonging to Soran District[3] (Diana-Rawanduz) north of Erbil in Kurdistan Region, with 250 villages.

[6] The exact number of Bradostian people estimated is more than this census but as the original inhabitants had been deported three times in 1961, 1978, and 1988 and a lot of them have not yet returned due to the frequent bombing by the Turkish and Iranian militaries on the Kurdistan Workers Party strongholds in Khakurk mountains, and also because of the lack of renovation projects by the local authorities.

In 1978 the government issued a decision to evacuated the border areas with Turkey and Iran to prevent contact between Kurdish rebels and villagers .. accordingly, Bradost people deported to Diana (Soran), Tobzawa, Kesnezan and Degele around the city of Erbil.

Sidkan old town was located near the village of Mucéser which was called Muṣaṣir which was an ancient Mannaean city, attested in Assyrian sources of the 9th and 8th centuries BC.

Kéle shin meaning "Green stone" in Kurdish is a mountain pass located on the Iranian border, Bradost area north of Iraqi Kurdistan some 80 km south-west of Lake Urmia.

Most researchers assume that Musasir was in the vicinity of Topzawa Sidekan is inhabited by the clan of Bradost or Biradost ( برادوست) which has four main branches: There is also a tribe of Muhacir who are originally immigrants came from Turkey and Iranian Kurdistan with Sheikh Taha Nehri and Simko Shikak during Shemdinan-Chariq unrest in 1884 and 1915[11] Bradost is a mountainous area characterized by high mountains.

Other mountains include Goshine, Bizeen, Berbizeen, Shekiw, Déwane, Siako, Hesenbeg, Bolé, Rebenok, Qelender, Awedel Kéw, xréne.