1945 Hazara Rebellion

1945 Hazara Rebellion
DateNovember 1945 – Spring 1946
Location
Kingdom of Afghanistan
Status

Rebellion Succeeded[1]

    • Hazara Rebel’s Demands met
  • Taxes revoked
Belligerents
Kingdom of Afghanistan Kingdom of Afghanistan Hazara rebels
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Afghanistan Mohammed Zahir Shah Ibrahim Khan

The 1945 Hazara Rebellion was a rebellion by the Hazaras in the Kingdom of Afghanistan which occurred in 1945 and 1946. Its causes laid in the introduction of a new tax imposed only on the Hazaras.[2] It began in November 1945,[3] when Hazara Rebels under Ibrahim Khan, also known as "Bačča-Gāw-sawār"[2] (Son of the bull rider) revolted against the local administration of Shahristan.[3] After a siege lasting for about a week, the district, as well as arms and ammunition, fell into the hands of the rebels.

There are two different accounts as to how the rebellion ended: According to Encyclopædia Iranica, the Afghan government sent a force to pacify the region and subsequently withdrew the tax.[2] According to Niamatullah Ibrahimi, it ended in spring 1946, when Mohammed Zahir Shah sent a delegation to the rebels, offering to lift the tax if the rebels laid down their arms, which was accepted.[3]

  1. ^ Cole, Juan Ricardo; Keddie, Nikki R. (January 1986). Shi'ism and Social Protest. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-03553-5.
  2. ^ a b c "HAZĀRA ii. HISTORY – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  3. ^ a b c Ibrahimi, Niamatullah (2017). The Hazaras and the Afghan State: Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition. Oxford University Press. pp. 108, 109. ISBN 9781849047074.