Mahmud Barzanji

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Kurdish leader human rebel leader tribal sheikh

Mahmud Barzanji was a Kurdish leader and tribal sheikh who led several uprisings against British rule in the early 20th century and briefly headed an independent Kurdish government.

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Label Occurrences
Mahmud Barzanji canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
rebel leader ⓘ
tribal sheikh ⓘ
associatedWith British Iraq Mandate ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate of Mesopotamia

post–World War I partition of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
conflict Iraqi Kurdish rebellions ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (early 20th century phase)

Kurdish revolts in Iraq ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire ⓘ
describedAs symbol of early Kurdish resistance to foreign rule ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kurds ⓘ
familyName Barzanji ⓘ
givenName Mahmud ⓘ
hasOccupation politician ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
tribal chief ⓘ
influenced later Kurdish nationalist movements in Iraq ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
leaderOf Kurdish revolt in southern Kurdistan ⓘ
memberOf Barzanji tribe ⓘ
movement Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
name Mahmud Barzanji self-link ⓘ
notableEvent proclamation of a Kurdish government in Sulaymaniyah after World War I ⓘ
notableFor heading a short‑lived Kurdish government in Sulaymaniyah ⓘ
leading Kurdish uprisings against British rule in Iraq ⓘ
opponent British Iraq Mandate ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate authorities in Iraq

United Kingdom ⓘ
opposedTo British colonial rule ⓘ
placeOfActivity Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan

Sulaymaniyah ⓘ
Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: southern Kurdistan
politicalGoal Kurdish autonomy ⓘ
Kurdish independence ⓘ
positionHeld governor of Sulaymaniyah (under British mandate arrangements) ⓘ
head of Kurdish government in Sulaymaniyah ⓘ
region Mesopotamia ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Sulaymaniyah ⓘ
surface form: Sulaymaniyah region

Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: southern Kurdistan
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Sulaymaniyah ⓘ
title Sayyids ⓘ
surface form: Sayyid

sheikh ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Kurdistan → firstRuler → Mahmud Barzanji ⓘ
Kingdom of Kurdistan → leader → Mahmud Barzanji ⓘ
Kingdom of Kurdistan → headOfState → Mahmud Barzanji ⓘ
Kingdom of Kurdistan → monarch → Mahmud Barzanji ⓘ
Mahmud Barzanji → name → Mahmud Barzanji self-link ⓘ