Construction began in 1685 under Çolak Abdi Pasha of the Çıldıroğulları, a family of hereditary Kurdish pashas. His descendant Ishak Pasha continued the work and gave the palace its name. It was finished in 1784 or 1785, and an inscription dates the harem section to 1784. The article names no architect, and UNESCO says Armenian and Georgian artisans built it.
The infobox gives Ottoman, Persian and Armenian style, and UNESCO cites Anatolian, Iranian and North Mesopotamian traditions, with the royal palaces of Bursa, Edirne and Istanbul as a model. The article gives no dimensions.
An earthquake in 1840 damaged it, and it served as a military fort until 1937. It is semi-ruined. A restoration added a new roof and a wood-and-glass shelter that the article says changed its historic character. It is on UNESCO's Tentative List and open to visitors for a fee.
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