Execution of Qazi Muhammad

Culture of origin: Kurdish · Historical

Holiday sources: Iran · Kurdish

Qazi Muhammad founded the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan and was the first president of the Republic of Mahabad. He was arrested days after the Iranian army entered Mahabad in December 1946, and a military court-martial charged him with treason, inciting revolt and seeking autonomy under a foreign power. He was hanged in Mahabad at 5 a.m. on 31 March 1947, with Sadri Qazi and Hussein Saifi Qazi.