Sheikh Said of Palu

Palu

Palu is a chartered city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, located 1,650 km northeast of Jakarta, at . It is the capital of the province of Central Sulawesi. The city sits on the mouth of Palu River, at the head of a long, narrow bay. Because of its sheltered position between mountain...

 or Piran

Dicle

Dicle is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Population is 8436 .Dicle is also the Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna....

 (Zazaki

Zazaki

Zazaki is an Indo-European language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey. According to Ethnologue, the language is a part of the northwestern group of the Iranian section of the Indo-European family. Zazaki shares many features, structures, and vocabulary with Gorani, Talyshi and other Caspian...

: Şêx Saido Piranıj, Kurdish

Kurdish language

Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....

: Şêx Seîdê Pîran) (1865, Hınıs

Hinis

Hınıs is a town and district of Erzurum Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region region of Turkey. The mayor is Enver Taçyıldız . The population is 9,792 ....

– June 29, 1925, Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...

) was a Kurdish

Kurdish people

The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...

 Sheikh

Sheikh

Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...

, known for the Sheikh Said Rebellion

Sheikh Said rebellion

Sheikh Said Rebellion was a rebellion of a Kurdish clergy Sheikh Said and a group of former Kurdish Hamidieh soldiers in 1925.-Background:The Azadî was dominated by officers from the former Hamidiye, a Kurdish tribal militia established...

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He was originally from Piran (present-day Dicle

Dicle

Dicle is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Population is 8436 .Dicle is also the Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna....

), today's Dicle district of Diyarbakır Province

Diyarbakir Province

Diyarbakır Province is a province in eastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355 km² and the population is 1,528,958. The provincial capital is Diyarbakir...

 later moved to Hinis

Hinis

Hınıs is a town and district of Erzurum Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region region of Turkey. The mayor is Enver Taçyıldız . The population is 9,792 ....

, Erzurum

Erzurum

Erzurum is a city in Turkey. It is the largest city, the capital of Erzurum Province. The city is situated 1757 meters above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 361,235 in the 2000 census. .Erzurum, known as "The Rock" in NATO code, served as NATO's southeastern-most air force post during the...

. He was a revered sheikh of the Naqshbandi

Naqshbandi

Naqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...

 school of Sufism

Sufism

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He was captured in mid-April 1925 and hanged with most of the other rebel leaders after being defeated by Turkish troops commanded by Ali Riza Artunkal.

His grandson, Abdülmelik Fırat, is a member of parliament.
Fırat says that his ancestors were not involved in politics until his grandfather, for they had cordial relations with the Ottoman elite.