Ardalan

thumb|Amanollah Khan Ardalan, Wali of Ardalan (1846–1848, 1860–1867)

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Former country.conventional_long_name: Principality of Ardalan
Former country.common_name: Ardalan
Former country.status: Independent emirate (14th century-1617), semi-independent (1617-1865/68)
Former country.empire: Qajar
Former country.government_type: Principality
Former country.year_start: 14th century
Former country.year_end: 1865/68
Former country.s1: Qajar Iran
Former country.flag_s1: State flag of Persia (1907–1933).svg
Former country.image_map: Cram's Family Atlas (Ardalan).jpg
Former country.image_map_caption: Ardalan in the Cram's Family Atlas map, 19th century
Former country.capital: Sanandaj
Former country.common_languages: Kurdish, Gorani, Sorani
Former country.leader1: Bani Ardalan
Former country.leader2: Amanollah Khan Ardalan
Former country.year_leader1: ?-?
Former country.year_leader2: 1846–1848 1860–1867
Former country.title_leader: Wali

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Commons category: Ardalan
inception: 1400-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1867-00-00

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thumb|Amanollah Khan Ardalan, Wali of Ardalan (1846–1848, 1860–1867)

Ardalan (, ), also known as the Ardalanids, the House of Ardalan, the Ardalanid dynasty, or Ardalanid Kurdistan (), 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. The territory corresponded roughly to present-day Kurdistan province of Iran and its rulers were loyal to Qajar Iran. Baban was its main rival. Gorani was its literary language and lingua franca. When the Ardalan emirate fell, literary work in Gorani ceased.