Where is the Kurdish principality of Botan?

Question

The classical Kurdish story of Mem and Zin (which I'm reading online in Salah Saadalla's translation) appears to be set in a principality called Botan, whose prince (Zin's brother) rules from the town of Jizir:

His throne was in Jizir¹⁹ and his star was rising
His luck was strong and his position was praisworthy

He ruled over the Turk, the Arab and the Persian
He was famous as the Prince of Botan

¹⁹ _{Jizir: the capital of the principality of Botan. Now a town in South East Turkey.}

Now I've tried to search for Jizir and Botan, but the only references I've found online have been back to the story of Mem and Zin, or like this article to other pieces of Kurdish literature ("The land of Jizir and Botan, which is the land of Kurdistan").

What is the setting of Mem and Zin? Was Botan a real Kurdish principality, and if so where and when? Or is it something invented for the story, a fictional Kurdish nation to instil pride in Kurdish listeners?

Answer 1

By searching online for ‘Botan’ plus ‘Kurds’, I arrived at the following Wikipedia article:

Bohtan (also Buhtan, Bokhti) was a medieval Kurdish principality in the Ottoman Empire centered on the town of Jazirah ibn 'Omar (modern Cizre also known as Cizîra Botan (Jazira Botan)) in southeastern Anatolia.