Today is the anniversary of the execution of #Sheikh_Abdulsalam_Barzani.
Barzani was executed in Mosul on 14-12-1914 by an Ottoman state decree, after seven years of continuing the revolution in the Barzan region for the sake of Kurdish national and nation rights.
Barzani was executed in Mosul on 14-12-1914 by an Ottoman state decree, after seven years of continuing the revolution in the Barzan region for the sake of Kurdish national and nation rights.
"Sheikh Abdulsalam #Barzani, the owner of the first manifesto of the Kurdish national liberation movement," says French journalist and historian Chris Kochera.
Sheikh Abdulsalam first collected the Kurdish clans in #Duhok in 1907 on a set of demands for the Kurds and sent them to the sultan of the Ottoman state, but the Ottoman state interpreted it in an attempt to secede and attacked the #Barzan region.
Abdulsalam Barzani is the big brother of #Mullah_Mustafa_Barzani
He was born in 1887 in the village of Barzan
From an early age he stood up against the Ottomans
In 1907 he sent a telegram to Sultan Abdulhamid in Istanbul.
He was born in 1887 in the village of Barzan
From an early age he stood up against the Ottomans
In 1907 he sent a telegram to Sultan Abdulhamid in Istanbul.
1- The #Kurdish language should be made the official language in the Kurdish areas
2- Education in schools should be in Kurdish
3-Officials may know Kurdish language
4-Taxes to be spent on road repairs and schools in Kurdish areas.
2- Education in schools should be in Kurdish
3-Officials may know Kurdish language
4-Taxes to be spent on road repairs and schools in Kurdish areas.
The Ottoman sultan placed his demands on divorce
In 1907 he sent a large military force to #Barzan
Sheikh Abdulsalam defended for two months
He was forced to flee his area for a year
He returned to Barzan in 1908
They attacked and expelled the Ottoman forces
In 1907 he sent a large military force to #Barzan
Sheikh Abdulsalam defended for two months
He was forced to flee his area for a year
He returned to Barzan in 1908
They attacked and expelled the Ottoman forces
In 1913 the governor of Mosul sent an army to Barzan to capture Sheikh Abdulsalam
He was forced to move to East #Kurdistan.
He was forced to move to East #Kurdistan.
The Ottoman sultan had dedicated a large prize to arrest him
He met with a Russian envoy to Kayseri and pledged his support for the Kurds to Sheikh Abdulsalam.
On his return to #Barzan he was the chief guest of the village of Gangachin
He met with a Russian envoy to Kayseri and pledged his support for the Kurds to Sheikh Abdulsalam.
On his return to #Barzan he was the chief guest of the village of Gangachin
Sufi Abdullah handed over Sheikh Abdulsalam to the Ottoman army at night
He was handcuffed to a Mosul prison
He was executed on 14-12-1914 in #Mosul
He was handcuffed to a Mosul prison
He was executed on 14-12-1914 in #Mosul
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