Jazirat Ibn ʿUmar came under Safavid suzerainty in the first decade of the 16th century, but after the Ottoman victory at the battle of Chaldiran over Shah Ismail I in 1514, Sultan Selim I sent Idris Bitlisi to the city and he successfully convinced the emir of Bohtan to submit to the Ottoman Empire. The emirate of Bohtan was incorporated into the empire as a "hükûmet" (autonomous territory), and was assigned to the "eyalet" (province) of Diyarbekir upon its formation in 1515. Sayyid Ahmad ruled in 1535.