Qazi Muhammad

Qazi Muhammad
قازی محەممەد
Qazî Mihemed
President of Republic of Mahabad
In office
22 January 1946 – 15 December 1946
Prime MinisterHaji Baba Sheikh
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1893-05-01)1 May 1893
Mahabad, Sublime State of Persia
Died31 March 1947(1947-03-31) (aged 53)[1]
Mahabad, Imperial State of Iran
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
CitizenshipIranian
Political partyPDKI
Children5
ProfessionLawyer
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Qazi Muhammad (Kurdish: قازی محەممەد / Qazî Mihemed, Persian: قاضی محمد; 1 May 1893 – 31 March 1947[1]) was an Iranian Kurdish religious and political leader who founded the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and headed the short-lived, Soviet-backed Republic of Mahabad. He was hanged by the Iranian government for treason in 1947.[2]

  1. ^ a b McDowall, David (2004). A Modern History of the Kurds (3rd ed.). I.B.Tauris. p. 245. ISBN 9781850434160.
  2. ^ Portal, Kurdistan (20 December 2008). "Das Vermächtnis des kurdischen Märtyrers Qazi Mohammed". Kurdmania (in German). Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2009.