Komarî Mehabad

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Komarî Mehabad is the Kurdish name for the short-lived Mahabad Republic, a Kurdish self-governing state established in 1946 in northwestern Iran.

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Komarî Mehabad canonical 1
کۆماری مەھاباد 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish self-governing entity
historical polity
short-lived state
unrecognized state
alsoKnownAs Mahabad Republic
Mahabad Republic
surface form: Republic of Mahabad
borderingEntity Imperial State of Iran
capital Mahabad
continent Asia
countryNameInLanguage Kurdish
currency Iranian rial
declaredIndependence 1946
dissolutionCause reoccupation by Iranian government forces
durationApproximate less than one year
endTime 15 December 1946
establishedAfter World War II
flagDescription tricolor flag with a sun emblem
governmentForm republic
hasEthnicMajority Kurds
hasMottoLanguage Kurdish
headOfState Qazi Muhammad
historicalLegacy inspiration for later Kurdish political movements
historicalPeriod post–World War II era
historicalStatus de facto autonomous region
ideology Kurdish nationalism
leaderTitle President
legislativeBody National Council of Kurdistan
locatedInCountry Iran
locatedInHistoricalRegion Kurdistan
surface form: Iranian Kurdistan
locatedInRegion northwestern Iran
militarySupportFrom Soviet-backed Kurdish forces
namedAfter city of Mahabad
nativeName Komarî Mehabad self-linksurface differs
surface form: کۆماری مەھاباد
notRecognizedBy majority of United Nations members
officialLanguage Kurdish
opposedBy Imperial State of Iran
partOf Kurdish independence movement history
predecessor Imperial State of Iran
relatedConflict Iran crisis of 1946
surface form: Iran–Soviet relations crisis after World War II
significance symbol of Kurdish self-determination
significantEvent execution of Qazi Muhammad in 1947
proclamation of the republic in Mahabad
startTime 22 January 1946
successor Imperial State of Iran
supportedBy Soviet Union
typeOfAutonomy self-governing state

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Mahabad Republic alsoKnownAs Komarî Mehabad
Komarî Mehabad nativeName Komarî Mehabad self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: کۆماری مەھاباد