- Qazi Muhammad
Infobox President
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name = Qazi Muhammad
honorific-suffix =
order = President of the
office = Republic of Kurdistan
term_start =January 22 ,1946
term_end =December 15 ,1946
vicepresident =
predecessor =Iranian Monarchy Pahlavi dynasty
successor =Iranian Monarchy Pahlavi dynasty
birth_date = 1893
birth_place =Mahabad , W. Azarbaijan,Iran
death_date = death date|1947|3|30|mf=y
death_place =Mahabad , W. Azarbaijan,Iran
nationality =Kurdish
spouse = (? )
party =Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater =
occupation =
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religion = Sunni Muslim
website =
footnotes = Qazi was sentenced to death by the Iranian military court, and was hanged in Chwarchira Square in the center of city of Mahabad onMarch 30 ,1947 .Qazi Muhammad (in Kurdish قاضی محمد or Qazî Mihemmed; _fa. قاضی محمد) (
1893 -March 30 ,1947 ) was anationalist andreligious Kurdish leader and the Head of theRepublic of Kurdistan , (Republic of Mahabad ) the second modern Kurdish state in theMiddle East (after theRepublic of Ararat ).Biography
Qazi Muhammad acted as the
President of the Soviet backedRepublic of Mahabad , inKurdistan ofIran , (Eastern Kurdistan) in 1946. He was also the founder of theKurdish Democratic Party of Iran , thePDKI , that was established after the need for a more transparent party was felt by its adherents. (Komeley Jiyanewey Kurd existed prior to that, as a secret organization).Mustafa Barzani , the father of the nationalist Kurdish movement inIraqi Kurdistan (Southern Kurdistan), was also the commander of its army. His cousin "Mohammed Hossein Saif Qazi" was a minister in his cabinet. A year later, after the Soviets withdrew from Iran, the Kurdish Republic was crushed by Iran's central government. The Iranian military court sentenced Qazi and some of his associates to death, and he was hanged inChwarchira Square , in the center of the city ofMahabad , onMarch 30 ,1947 . One of his sons "Ali Qazi" is today an active member in the Kurdish movement.Qazi Muhammad's daughter, Effat Ghazi-Muhammad, was killed by a
letter bomb in her apartment inVästerås ,Sweden , in 1990. The bomb was addressed to her husband, the Kurdish activist Amir Ghazi. The Iranian government is widely believed to have ordered the assassination. [cite news |first=Babak |last=Rahimi |title=Offer för Irans dödspatruller |url=http://www.uppmana.nu/content/view/3173/32/ |publisher=Mana |date=2002-11-19 |accessdate=2007-12-30 |language=Swedish] [cite news |first=Mehrdad |last=Darvishpour |title=Säpo skyddar Irans flyktingspioner |url=http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt/artikel_111362.svd |publisher=Svenska Dagbladet |date=2003-09-30 |accessdate=2007-12-30 |language=Swedish]Quotes
* "If an
Ajam (Kurdish for Iranian government) gives you honey, there is poison in it for sure!" (original quote:مطمئن باشید اگر عجم عسل را به شما بدهد حتماٌ زهر در آن وجود دارد)
* "I am not similar to the effeminate Pishevari, to abandon my nation and land!" (original quote: من پیشه وری زن صفت نیستم خاک و ملتم را رها کنم)See also
*
Kurdish people
*Mahabad Republic
*Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
*Timeline of Kurdish uprisings References
External links
* [http://www.kurdishglobe.net/displayArticle.jsp?id=205B7DC03617C2724B17A30AD94E35E2 Erbil festival honors founder of the Kurdistan Republic, KurdishGlobe.net]
* [http://www.kurdistanica.com/english/politics/governing/republics/mehabad.html The Republic of Kurdistan in Mehabad]
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