 Most of their loyal companians as well as jurists were from Kurdish region of Hakkari known as Colemerg or Julamerk in some western history books.. Further it should be considered that Vladimir Minorsky's research was based upon subjective writings of Kurdish medieval historian Ibn Athir.The family were closely connected to the Shaddadid dynasty, and when the last Shaddadid was deposed in Dvin in 1130, Shadhi moved the family first to Baghdad and then to Tikrit, where he was appointed governor by the regional administrator Bihruz.Ayyub succeeded his father as governor of Tikrit when Shadhi died soon after.