The Simko Shikak revolt was an armed Ottoman-backed tribal Kurdish uprising against the Qajar dynasty of Iran from 1918 to 1922, led by Kurdish chieftain Simko Shikak from the Shekak tribe. During 192
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A Kurdish soldier standing beside the severed head of Mohammad Taqi Pessian.
Mohammad Taqi Pessian
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Mohammad-Taqi Khan Pessian, more commonly known as Colonel Pessian, was an Iranian gendarme of Kurdish origin. He was born to Moḥammad-Bāqer Khan Pesyān and his wife Fāṭema Solṭān, into a prominent, a
Simko Shikak revolt (1918–1922)
…Brigadier-General Reza Khan deposed the Qajars in a 1921 coup, he defeated Simko Shikak as well as several prominent rebel commanders such as Kuchik Khan and Colonel Pessian during the Iranian events of 1921. Following the assassination of Mar Shimun by Simko, the forces of Agha Petros carried out a retaliatory massacre in…
Mohammad Taqi Pessian
Colonel Pessian in Germany
The tomb of Mohammad Taqi Khan Pessian