Jungle Movement of Gilan

Jungle Movement
Part of Consequences of World War I[1]
DateOctober 1915 – 5 June 1920[1]
Location
Caused by
MethodsWidespread unrest,[1] Civil war
Resulted inEstablishment of Persian Socialist Soviet Republic
Parties

Jungle revolutionaries Supported by:

Soviet Russia (1920)
Lead figures

Russian Empire Gen. Nikolai Baratov (1915)
Russian Empire Col. Lazar Bicherakhov (1918)
British Empire Maj. Gen. Lionel Dunsterville (1918)
Iran Hassan Vosugh al-Dowleh (1918–20)

The Jangal (Jungle) Movement (Persian: جنبش جنگل), in Gilan, was a rebellion against the monarchist rule of the central government of the Sublime State of Iran, which lasted from 1915 to 1921.

  1. ^ a b c d e Dailami, Pezhmann (April 10, 2012) [December 15, 2008]. "Jangali Movement". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 5. Vol. XIV. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 534–544. Retrieved February 8, 2018.