Author: Piling » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:50 pm
The Xoybûn and Ihsan Nuri Pasha who led the revolt of Ararat were quite famous, and still in activity until 1945. As the Mahabad movmeent came from the Komala, a group of intellectuals, I suppose they knew the events very well. They had in common to be supported by Sovietic Union, also.
But did the Khoybûn had real contacts with Mahabad Republic ? I am not sure. Khoybûn after 1930 were a group of intellectuals and politicians, far from the battlefield, living in Syria or in other exile lands. I did not hear of former Xoybûn members who joined Mahabad.
The one who could have played a role was Ihsan Nurî Pasha who fled in Tehran after the revolt of Ararat. But he was quite controlled by Iranian governement. Though Ismet Sherif Vanly said that Ihsan Nuri Pasha would have offered his help to Qazi Muhammad in 1946, and later to Mustafa Barzani, but both did ignore him (in the presentation of Ihsan Nuri 's book about Revolt). Probably the alliance with Barzanis was more interesting and effient for the people of Mahabad, for Barzani brought a real and strong military support with his peshmergas and his own tactician talent.