Kurds and the State in Iran: The Making of Kurdish Identity

by Abbas Vali

In early 1946, Kurds declared an independent republic in north-west Iran. The Mahabad Republic, as it became known, was the first time that the Kurds experienced self-rule in the modern era. Although short-lived, the Republic had a formative influence on the subsequent development of Kurdish nationalist movements in Iran and the wider region. Here, Abbas Vali disputes the conventional view that the Kurdish Republic was the result of a Soviet conspiracy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780768230
• ISBN13: 9781780768236
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"