QAZI MUHAMMAD

'Qazi Muhammad' (in Kurdish قاضی محمد or Qazî Mihemmed; ) (1893 - March 30, 1947) was a nationalist and religious Kurdish leader and the Head of the Republic of Kurdistan, (Republic of Mahabad) the second modern Kurdish state in the Middle East (after the Republic of Ararat).
Qazi Muhammad acted as the President of the Soviet backed Republic of Mahabad, in Kurdistan of Iran, (Eastern Kurdistan) in 1946. He was also the founder of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran, the PDKI, 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 in Iraqi 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 in Chwarchira Square, in the center of the city of Mahabad, on March 30, 1947. One of his sons ''Ali Qazi'' is today an active member in the Kurdish movement.
Some people accuse Qazi Muhammad, who was a Sunni Muslim, of being hostile and prejudicial against the Shia, Ajams (Persians, and Azeris). The same is said about Mulla Mustafa Barzani, who was one of his close associates and is also accused of being hostile toward Ajams and Shia Muslims [1].

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Quotes

★ ''If an Ajam 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

External links

★ Erbil festival honors founder of the Kurdistan Republic, KurdishGlobe.net

★ The Republic of Kurdistan in Mehabad