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Qazi Muhammad’s Son Remembers Father’s Role in Mahabad

PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:15 pm
Author: Anthea
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Qazi Muhammad’s Son Remembers Father’s Role in Mahabad Uprising :ymapplause:

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Ali Qazi castigated Kurdish parties in Iran for not carrying the slogans of freedom and independence for the Kurds.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At the time when president Qazi Muhammad was executed by Iranian authorities for leading a short-lived Kurdish republic in Mahabad, his son Ali Qazi was only 13, sitting at home with his family.

On the anniversary of his father’s execution on March 31, 1947, he recalled that Qazi Muhammad, who was president for only a few months before the republic was crushed by the Iranian Shah, was publicly mourned.

"We heard the sounds of people weeping and beating their chests as they approached our home. Then we understood it; then we walked toward Chwarchra."

Muhammad was a well-known and educated Kurdish leader from Mahabad. Along with several colleagues, he began preparations for Kurdish self-determination in 1941, when the Allied powers invaded Iran.

According to his son, the Pahlavi regime had wanted to leave the body of the president and two of his colleagues -- Muhammad Hussein Saif Qazi and Abdul Qassim Sadr Qazi -- in the square for several days after the executions.

“Public pressure from the city of Mahabad -- by closing stores and the market -- forced the regime to transfer the bodies to the people,” he said.

Recounting the final days of his father’s presidency, Ali Qazi called the period a “golden page” in the Kurdish struggle.

"The Republic of Kurdistan is the first and the last Kurdish state that has been established until now," he said. "The Kurdistan Republic is a golden page in the history of the Kurdish liberation struggle."

The Kurdish republic was left stranded after the Soviet Union withdrew its troops and backing from the eastern part of Iran, opening the way for an Iranian crackdown. Ali Qazi explained that his father had vowed not to leave his people behind and decided to face his fate, even after the Kurdish state was left unsupported.

The short-lived Kurdistan Republic was declared on January 22, 1946. It gained support the support of Kurds from other parts of Kurdistan, mainly Iraq, where former Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani joined the republic, along with thousands of Kurdish fighters.

Ali Qazi castigated Kurdish parties in Iran for not carrying the slogans of freedom and independence for the Kurds.

"President Qazi demanded freedom and independence for the Kurdish people, but if you look at the Iranian Kurdish parties, they have no such slogans."

Qazi said that only his own Kurdistan Free Party (Parti Azadi Kurdistan) has carried these slogans. "We want to raise the Kurdistan flag in Chwarchara once more."

"I don't claim to have served Kurdish people much, but I have served Kurds whenever possible,” he said.

He also added that he and his family had faced lots of persecution by the Iranian governments, and there were even three assassination attempts on him.

In 1990, his sister, Efat Qazi was killed by a letter bomb in Vasteras, Sweden, an incident widely blamed on the Iranian regime.

Ali Qazi said he still had two dreams: One is an end to the Kurdish civil war and the other is the formation of a Kurdish state in Greater Kurdistan. :ymapplause: :ymapplause: :ymapplause:

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/020420142

Re: Qazi Muhammad’s Son Remembers Father’s Role in Mahabad

PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:39 pm
Author: Anthea
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With the end of the Republic of Kurdistan, the leaders of the Republic were trailed by the Iranian government.

Qazi Muhammed was indicted, inter alia, for deeds that he had not committed, or where his guilt was not proven. For the following three charges, the great leader Qazi Muhammed pleaded guilty:

1. The visit to Baku [the capital of Azerbaijan].

2. The approval of Mullah Mustafa Barzanis and his mens immigration to Mahabad.

To this Qazi Muhammed said:

"Mullah Mustafa Barzani was and is no stranger to be given access to Kurdistan. No one had to call him, since Kurdistan is the home of all Kurds, unfortunately one part of his house on the other side of the border."

3. The appreciation of the fake Kurdish flag, and not the (Iranian) Flag of the judge.

Qazi Muhammed said:

"First of all, our flag has not the sickle nor the hammer. Therefore, your accusation demonstrates your stupidity and irresponsibility. Know that neither your hands nor your insults will ever reach the flag of Kurdistan. The day will come, when the flag of Kurdistan will wave over this court."

The judge started verbally insulting Qazi Muhammed and said "the Kurds are descendants of dogs". This made Qazi Muhammed rise up and answer the judge in the following way:

"You are dogs, unworthy, shameless and dishonorable, since you've no limits when it comes to discriminating entire nations with your laws. You are dishonorable! Ultimately, you are achieving nothing. I know about my innocence and I have long been willing to die in this way. I am dying for the freedom of my people and I am proud of this honorable death. I see this death on my part as a blessing from Allah."

When the judge came with threats whom also applied to Seyfi Qazi, the Secretary of War of the Republic of Kurdistan and brother of Qazi Muhammed, he replied:

"We have already passed from our former lives as well as belongings. But if you still want to offend me with the courage of a some needles (pointing at the officer), I will break them with this fist, together with your teeth and your head."

On the 31th of March 1947 around 23:00 o'clock, the convicts and a truck loaded with soldiers went off to Çarçira, Mahabad. Mullah Siddiq was with them and wrote Qazi Muhammeds testament. Qazi opened his mouth at said:

"Write! Write! The Kurdish people should know that I am up to the last breath."

An officer unashamedly interrupted: "Stop with this passage of empty words and let the mullah write down your testament for your child or your children, if you have any."

"My child is the Kurdish people! You being servants and tools of foreigners will not understand such things. How long do I even have left to live ? It must be written. Why else have you brought this Rafizi, Mullah Siddiq, here ?"

After saying this he took the pen and wrote two paragraphs himself, one for the Kurdish people and one for his family. Worth to mention that even in that paragraph to his family, he speaks to his people:

"We could not have been defeated if we had fought with all the resources we had available, but we wanted to prevent the destruction of Mahabad and a slaughter of the people. With my available resources I could have fled from Mahabad, but already in my speeches to the people of Mahabad, I said that my flight would have caused, as in Tabriz [capital of the province of East Azerbaijan in Iran, and then capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan] crimes and massacres. I made ​​known to the people that I rather wanted to be captured and killed. I'm ready to be sacrificed, to besmirch the honor of the people and not to prevent a crime. Here I am (now) true to my word. There are few people like me throughout history, so I will have the honor of giving you two tasks: avenge me and take responsibility for the path I've chosen. I've always been steadfast and now I am truly satisfied with the respect and devotion I have showed towards my people."

The end

Before the execution, Qazi Mohammed was given the right to call for a prayer. After he had prayed two rakats [bow in Islamic prayer], he looked in the direction of Ka'ba, raised his two hands and prayed:

"God - my God! Be my witness. I followed you as far as I could. God - my God! You are my witness. I have always been at the service for the people, neglected none in need and never put myself, my family before anyone else. Take vengeance for the oppressed. God - my God, who knows everything! Rescue all the oppressed and the Kurdish people from the yoke of the oppressor." (Amin)

The honorable Mohammed Qazi warned his people before his execution:

"Do not trust the venal Iranian state. All their promises are lies. They cheated on us. Do not let go of our resistance. Long live a free Kurdistan!"

When the executioner tried to cover Qazi Muhammeds eyes, Qazi refused and said:

"Traitor! What shame have I inflicted to want my eyes covered ?! I will steadfastly look into the horizon of my beloved people the last seconds of my life. I want my heart, soul and life to be with my people until the moment I no longer breath. I am an affectionate child of my nation and I shall remain so, why would I want you to cover my eyes ?! Long live the Kurds! Long live the liberation of Kurdistan! Freedom will never be removed. You take the life of one Muhammed, but you have to know that there are countless Muhammeds among the Kurds!"

Qazi Muhammed, Seyfi Qazi [Qazi Muhammeds brother] and Sadri Gazi [a friend of Qazi Muhammed and member of the Iranian Parliament] were on the 31st of March 1947, executed by hanging in Çarçira, Mahabad, the site of the declaration of the independence of the Republic of Kurdistan. This earned them a place among the family of martyrs who fell in their struggle for freedom against the oppressors.

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Re: Qazi Muhammad’s Son Remembers Father’s Role in Mahabad

PostPosted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:41 pm
Author: Anthea
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