The Jafar Sultan revolt (Kurdish: شۆڕشی جافر سان, Persian: شورش جعفر سلطان) refers to a Kurdish tribal revolt in Pahlavi Iran which erupted in 1931,[1] and was one of the early tribal-nationalist Kurdish revolts against central Iranian rule during the early stage of Kurdish separatism in Iran.
Background
Jafar Sultan of
Hewraman region took control of the area between Marivan and north of Halabja
and remained independent until 1925.
Jafar Sultan is seen as the ”head” of the royal sultan family
(Lohoni, Lahoni)
From 1927 to 1934 a number of Kurdish tribal uprisings erupted in the
Hewraman and Meriwan areas executed all prisoners in an unprecedented act of brutality, likely among the factors that caused 31 Kurdish chieftains in the region to ask for British protection.[3]
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