Haji Baba Sheikh
Haji Baba Sheikh | |
|---|---|
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| Premier Minister of the Republic of Mahabad | |
| In office 22 January 1946 – 15 December 1946 | |
| President | Qazi Muhammad |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1882 Bukan, Western Azerbaijan, Iran |
| Died | 1959 Saqqez, Kurdistan province, Imperial State of Iran |
| Citizenship | Iran |
| Occupation | Imam, religious figure, prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad |
Haji Baba Sheikh (born 1882 - died 1959) was a Kurdish Imam, religious figure, local famous officier, politician and prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad. After the republic was conquered by the Imperial Iranian Army in 1947, unlike Qazi Muhammad, he was not executed. He was immune because of his religious standing. The journalist and lyric Hemin Mukriyani was his secretary during the republic.
Political career
[edit]By fighting against Russian attacks in the early 1900s as part of Kurdish tribes, he gained respect both among Islamic communities and Kurds and became a famous local officer.[1]
In 1920 he went to Van, Diyarbakır and Istanbul to meet with the founders of the Xoybûn Kurdish Organization and take part in the establishment of the organization, and met with Ihsan Nuri, Celadet Alî Bedirxan and Sheikh Said. He was among the founders of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.[1]
Republic of Mahabad
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The Republic of Mahabad, a Kurdish state that was founded on January 22, 1946 with the support of the Soviet Union and was not recognized by the United Nations. The President was the Islamic Jurist Qazi Muhammad. After the Soviets withdrew their support, the Iranian Army, affiliated with the Pahlavi dynasty, invaded the newly established state.[2]
Hacı Baba Sheikh was among the administrators of the young state who were arrested and tried. On March 31, 1947 by the decision of the Pahlavi Dynasty institutions, Prime Minister Haji Baba Sheikh, along with President Qazi Muhammad and Minister of Defense Muhammed Huseyin Khan Seyfi Qazi, were to be hanged, but they were pardoned due to their religious aspects.[3]
Literature
[edit]- Archie Roosevelt, Jr., "The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad", Middle East Journal, no. 1 (July 1947), pp. 247–269
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mahabad Kürdistan Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı – Hacı Baba Şeyh". Bitlisname. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Kuniholm, B. "Azerbaijan v. History from 1941 to 1947". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ^ McDowall 2004, pp. 244–245.
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