Ardalan
Ardalan (Sorani Kurdish: ئەردەڵان, Persian: اردلان), also known as the Ardalanids, the House of Ardalan, the Ardalanid dynasty, or Ardalanid Kurdistan (Persian: کردستان اردلان, romanized: Kurdistân-e Ardalân), was a hereditary Kurdish Emirate in western Iran from around the 14th century until 1865 or 1868 with Sanandaj as capital. The Ardalan state was completely independent until 1617, when it was incorporated into the Safavid Empire as a semi-independent frontier province by the name of Ardalan.