Mirza Kuchik Khan Day · Mirza Kuchik Khan-e Jangali

Culture of origin: Gilak · Historical

Holiday sources: Gilak · Iran

Mirza Kuchik Khan of Rasht led the Jangal (Forest) movement in Gilan from 1914 and headed the short-lived Gilan Soviet Republic. When Reza Khan's Cossacks overran the movement he fled into the mountains between Talesh and Khalkhal and died in a snowstorm on 11 Azar 1300 (2 December 1921). His head was cut off and shown in Rasht; he lies at Soleymandarab in Rasht, where a simple ceremony is held every 11 Azar.