Qazi Muhammad | |
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قازی محەممەد Qazî Mihemed | |
President of Republic of Mahabad | |
In office 22 January 1946 – 15 December 1946 | |
Prime Minister | Haji Baba Sheikh |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Mahabad, Sublime State of Persia | 1 May 1893
Died | 31 March 1947[1] Mahabad, Imperial State of Iran | (aged 53)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Citizenship | Iranian |
Political party | PDKI |
Children | 5 |
Profession | Lawyer |
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]