Mahabad Republic

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Kurdish self-governing entity former country unrecognized state

The Mahabad Republic was a short-lived Kurdish self-governing state established in 1946 in northwestern Iran, often regarded as a key symbol of modern Kurdish nationalism.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Republic of Mahabad	9
Mahabad Republic canonical	3
1946 presidency of the Republic of Mahabad	1
Kurdish Republic of Mahabad	1
government of the Republic of Mahabad	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kurdish self-governing entity ⓘ former country ⓘ unrecognized state ⓘ
alliedWith	Azerbaijan People's Government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Komarî Mehabad ⓘ Mahabad Republic ⓘ surface form: Kurdish Republic of Mahabad Mahabad Republic ⓘ surface form: Republic of Mahabad
capital	Mahabad ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Republic of Mahabad anniversary ceremonies ⓘ
commonName	Mahabad Republic self-link ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
dissolved	1947 ⓘ December 1946 ⓘ January 1947 ⓘ
duration	short-lived ⓘ
established	1946 ⓘ 22 January 1946 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Kurds ⓘ
ethnicMajority	Kurds ⓘ
eventAfterDissolution	execution of Qazi Muhammad ⓘ
flagUsed	Kurdish tricolor flag ⓘ
founder	Qazi Muhammad ⓘ
governmentType	republic ⓘ
headOfState	Qazi Muhammad ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ post–World War II period ⓘ
ideology	Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
leaderTitle	President ⓘ
legacy	important reference in Kurdish historiography ⓘ inspiration for Kurdish movements in Iran ⓘ
legislature	National Council ⓘ
locatedIn	western Iran ⓘ surface form: northwestern Iran
militaryWing	Kurdish Peshmerga ⓘ surface form: Peshmerga
officialLanguage	Kurdish ⓘ
opposedBy	Imperial State of Iran ⓘ Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ
partOf	Kurdish independence movement history ⓘ
president	Qazi Muhammad ⓘ
reasonForCollapse	reoccupation by Iranian army ⓘ withdrawal of Soviet support ⓘ
region	Middle East ⓘ
religionMajority	Sunni Islam ⓘ
significance	symbol of modern Kurdish nationalism ⓘ
successor	Imperial State of Iran ⓘ
supportedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
symbol	sun emblem ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Mahabad ⓘ parts of Iranian Kurdistan ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Kurds → historicalEntity → Mahabad Republic ⓘ

Mahabad Republic → commonName → Mahabad Republic self-link ⓘ

Mahabad Republic → alsoKnownAs → Mahabad Republic ⓘ