Battle of Jafarbad (1921)
| Battle of Jafarabad | |||||||
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| Part of Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Qajar state Government of Khorasan | Shikak Tribe | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Reza Shah Col. Pessian † |
Simko Shikak Sardar Moazzaz Bojnurdi | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Gendarmerie | Irregular troops | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 150 Gendarmerie | More than 1,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Several Gendarmes escaped, others were killed. | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Jafarabad was part of the Simko Shikak revolt, which took place in Khorasan in 1921. Reza Khan sent 150 gendarmerie, led by Colonel Taqi Khan, to defeat Simko's forces. However, the gendarmerie ran out of ammunition and were defeated by Kurdish tribesmen, who killed all the gendarmerie, including Colonel Taqi Khan.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ McDowall, David (2021-03-25). A Modern History of the Kurds. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7556-0077-9.
- ↑ Behnegarsoft.com (2016-01-19). "Colonel Pessian | IICHS". Institute For Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies | IICHS. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ Kia, Mehrdad (2023-11-19). The Clash of Empires and the Rise of Kurdish Proto-Nationalism, 1905–1926: Ismail Agha Simko and the Campaign for an Independent Kurdish State. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-44973-4.
- ↑ Ward, Steven R. (15 January 2014). Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1-62616-065-1.
- ↑ Başkan, Birol (2014). From Religious Empires to Secular States: State Secularization in Turkey, Iran and Russia. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-74351-8.