By F. Koohi-Kamali
This booklet seems to be at Kurdish Nationalism in Iran and examines the hyperlinks among the structural adjustments within the Kurdish economic climate and its political calls for. Farideh Koohi-Kamali argues that the transition of the nomadic, tribal society of Kurdistan to an agrarian village society was once the start of a approach wherein Kurds observed themselves as a neighborhood of homogenous ethnic id. The political pursuits of Kurds in Iran are mentioned to demonstrate that the several stages of financial improvement of Kurdish society performed an exceptional position in identifying the way Kurds expressed their political calls for for independence.
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Furthermore, Shaikh Mahmud, himself, turned against the British, and serious problems appeared between the two. The Shaikh was ultimately defeated by the British army and exiled to India. In August 1921, when Faisal of the Hashemite Dynasty became the king of Iraq, there was great disapproval of this appointment in parts of Kurdish areas of Iraq, particularly in the Sulaymania area. The Brit- The Kurds and Kurdistan 31 ish and the League of Nations realized that Kurds in Sulaymania were strongly opposed to the Iraqi government, but they also realized that other Kurds from other parts of the area, such as Kirkuk, were not prepared to be ruled by Sulaymania.
The British agreed to the return of Shaikh Mahmud to Sulaymania in 1922 but agitation continued. Since the Shaikh’s intention was to establish a separate state of Kurdistan, more fighting occurred between his forces and British forces. These hostilities continued until 1924, when Sulaymania was occupied by British and Iraqi forces and Shaikh Mahmud was forced to flee to the mountains. 16 The new Iraqi government exhibited scant tolerance of Kurdish nationalism. Strikes and demonstrations were organized in protest against the government’s treatment of the Kurds.
The most important leaders of this tribe were Rashid Beg and Zero Beg. The Dehboukri tribe. The area occupied by this tribe was limited roughly by the Govrik tribe in the south, the Mangurs in the west, Solduzs in the north, and Mianduab in the east. The tribe occupied all the Mianduab–Saqqiz road within twelve miles of the latter. Mahmud Agha Ilkanizadeh and his younger brothers, Haji Bayazid Agha Ilkanizadeh and Ali Agha Ilkanizadeh (Amir Asad) were the main leaders of this tribe. Relations between the two elder brothers and Amir Asad were strained.