Qazi Muhammad

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President of the Republic of Kurdistan
Qazi Muhammad
In office January 22, 1946 – December 15, 1946
Preceded by	Iranian Monarchy Pahlavi dynasty
Succeeded by	Iranian Monarchy Pahlavi dynasty

Born	1893 Mahabad, W. Azarbaijan, Iran
Died	March 30, 1947 Mahabad, W. Azarbaijan, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
Spouse	(?)
Religion	Sunni Muslim
Qazi was sentenced to death by the Iranian military court, and was hanged in Chwarchira Square in the center of city of Mahabad on March 30, 1947.

Qazi Muhammad (in Kurdish قاضی محمد or Qazî Mihemmed; Persian: قاضی محمد) (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).

1 Biography
2 Quotes
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

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.

Qazi Muhammad's daughter, Effat Ghazi-Muhammad, was killed by a letter bomb in her apartment in Västerås, 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.^[1]^[2]

[edit] 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)