Haji Baba Sheikh
Encyclopedia
Haji Baba Sheikh was the prime minister
of the Republic of Mahabad
. After the republic was conquered by the Iranian army in 1947, unlike Qazi Muhammad
, he was not executed. He was immune because of his religious standing. The journalist and lyric Hemin Mukriyani
was his secretary during the republic.
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of the Republic of Mahabad
Republic of Mahabad
The Republic of Mahabad , officially known as Republic of Kurdistan and established in Iranian Kurdistan, was a short-lived, Kurdish government that sought Kurdish autonomy within the limits of the Iranian state. The capital was the city of Mahabad in northwestern Iran...
. After the republic was conquered by the Iranian army in 1947, unlike Qazi Muhammad
Qazi Muhammad
Qazi Muhammad was a nationalist and religious Kurdish leader and the Head of the Republic of Kurdistan, the second modern Kurdish state in the Middle East ....
, he was not executed. He was immune because of his religious standing. The journalist and lyric Hemin Mukriyani
Hemin Mukriyani
Hemin Mukriyani was the pen name for Seyed Mohammad Amin Shaikholislami Mukri, Kurdish poet, journalist, translator, and literary critic.He was born in the village of Lachin, near Mahabad in 1945...
was his secretary during the republic.
Literature
- Archie Roosevelt, Jr., "The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad" ,Middle East Journal, no. 1 (July 1947), pp. 247–69