Xoybûn or Khoyboun meaning oneself/being oneself in Kurdish language

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....

, 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...

 nationalist organization that is known with Ararat rebellion commanded by Ihsan Nuri.

Establishment

On October 5, 1927, in Greater Lebanon, Xoybûn was founded by Memduh Selim and his colleague with heps of former members of Kurdish nationalist organisations like Kürdistan Teali Cemiyeti, Kürt Teşkilat-ı İçtimaiye Cemiyeti, Kürt Millet Fırkası, Comite de Independence Kurde, together with Kurdish intellectuals who took refuge in Iraq

Iraq

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, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 ve Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

, at the house of Vahan Papazian who is one of the member of the central committee of Dashnaktsutyun

Armenian Revolutionary Federation

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian...

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Mehmet Şükrü Sekban, Celadet Alî Bedirxan, Memduh Selim, Haco Agha, Ramanlı Emin, Ali Rıza,Bozan Shahin, Mustafa Şahin, Süleymniyeli Kerim Rüstem Bey are elected as members the first central committee of Xoybûn.

Ararat rebellion

Xoybûn that was led by Celadet Alî Bedirxan, Kamuran Alî Bedirxan, Ekrem Cemilpaşa, Memdûh Selîm and so on, decided to promote Ihsan Nuri, a former officer in the Ottoman and Turkish armies, to general (pasha) and sent to 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...

 with 20 comrade. They published a newspaper named Aigrî. The Republic of Ararat

Republic of Ararat

The Republic of Ararat or Kurdish Republic of Ararat was a self-proclaimed Kurdish state. It was located in the northeasten part of modern Turkey, being centered on Karaköse Province...

 declared independent on October 8, 1927, the central committee of Xoybûn appointed Ibrahim Haski, who was one of the chieftains of Jalali

Jalali (Kurds)

Jalali are Kurdish tribe of eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. They predominantly inhabit in Diyadin district in Ağrı Province as well as in Maku district in West Azerbaijan Province....

 tribe, to the governor of Agirî Province

Agri Province

The Ağrı Province is a province in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east, Kars to the North, Erzurum to the Northwest, Muş and Bitlis to the Southwest, Van to the south, and Iğdır to the northeast. Area 11,376 km². Population 542,022 ....

 and Ihsan Nuri to the general commander of Kurdish Armed Forces. Xoybûn also made appeals to the Great Powers and the League of Nations

League of Nations

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It was the chief instigator of the Ararat rebellion, where the Kurdish Republic of Ararat

Republic of Ararat

The Republic of Ararat or Kurdish Republic of Ararat was a self-proclaimed Kurdish state. It was located in the northeasten part of modern Turkey, being centered on Karaköse Province...

was founded and subsequently put down by Turkish forces in 1931.