Аннотация:Türklerinin rolü, Ankara: Selçuklu Tarih ve Medeniyeti Enstitüsü, 1976. 9 There is no indication of the large Kurdish component of the Kızılbaş in Sümer's study.Interestingly, in his history of the Kurdish emirates, Sharafnâma, which was completed in 1597, the former ruler of Bitlis, Sharaf Khân, claims that all Kurds were staunch Sunnis (except the occasional Yezidi tribe).There are good reasons to