Azadistan
Sign in to saveAzadistan (), was a short-lived state in Iranian Azerbaijan that lasted from early 1920 until September of that year. It was established by Mohammad Khiabani, an Iranian patriot, who was a representative to the parliament, and a prominent dissident against the Soviet Union and British colonialism. Khiabani and his followers chose the name "Azadistan" as a gesture of protest against the giving of the name "Azerbaijan" to the government centered on Baku in Transcaucasia which was called Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and also to serve as a model of freedom and independence for the rest of Iran.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Azadistan
- Country.common_name
- Azadistan
- Country.capital
- Tabriz
- Country.common_languages
- Azerbaijani, Persian
- Country.title_leader
- Head of State
- Country.leader1
- Mohammad Khiabani
- Country.year_leader1
- 1920
- Country.date_start
- early April
- Country.year_start
- 1920
- Country.date_end
- 13 September
- Country.image_flag
- Flag of Azadistan.svg
- Country.today
- Iran
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Continent
- Asia
- Capital
- Tabriz
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Azadistan (), was a short-lived state in Iranian Azerbaijan that lasted from early 1920 until September of that year. It was established by Mohammad Khiabani, an Iranian patriot, who was a representative to the parliament, and a prominent dissident against the Soviet Union and British colonialism. Khiabani and his followers chose the name "Azadistan" as a gesture of protest against the giving of the name "Azerbaijan" to the government centered on Baku in Transcaucasia which was called Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and also to serve as a model of freedom and independence for the rest of Iran.
Shortly after the Russian Revolution of 1917, Khiabani re-established the Democrat Party of Tabriz after being banned for five years, and published the Tajaddod newspaper, the official organ of the party.
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