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Kurdish rebellion following the abolition of the Caliphate Belligerents Turkey Kurdish tribes Some Alevi Zazas (Hormekan and Lolan tribes) Commanders and leaders Mustafa Kemal Pasha Kâzım Pasha ( Third Army ) Mürsel Pasha (VII Corps) Naci Pasha (V Corps) Sheikh Said Strength February–March : 25,000 men (fewer than 12,000 are armed troops; the rest are unarmed logistical troops) April : 52,000 men (25,000 are armed troops) 15,000 men Casualties and losses 15,000–20,000 killed The Sheikh Said Rebellion ( , ) or Genç Incident ( ) was a Kurdish rebellion aimed at reviving the Islamic caliphate and sultanate .1It used elements of Kurdish nationalism to recruit. It was led by Sheikh Said and a group of former Ottoman soldiers also known as the Hamidiye regiments . The rebellion was carried out by two Kurdish sub-groups, the Zaza and the Kurmanji . Dîndar çi Misilman çi ne-Misilman, Nikarin li Derveyî Paradîgmaya Netewe-Dewletê Bifikirin .2 Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History .
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It was led by Sheikh Said and a group of former Ottoman soldiers also known as Hamidiye soldiers . The rebellion was particularly of two Kurdish groups, the Zaza people and the speakers of the related Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish: it "was led specifically by the Zaza population and received almost full support in the entire Zaza region and some of the neighbouring Kurmanji-dominated regions".
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Kurdish rebellion following the abolition of the Caliphate Belligerents Turkey Azadî Sheikh Said Commanders and leaders Mustafa Kemal Pasha Kâzım Pasha ( Third Army ) Mürsel Pasha (VII Corps) Naci Pasha (V Corps) Sheikh Said Halid Beg Cibran Strength February–March : 25,000 men (fewer than 12,000 are armed troops; the rest are unarmed logistical troops) April : 52,000 men (25,000 are armed troops) 15,000 men Casualties and losses Total: 15,000–20,000 killed The Sheikh Said rebellion ( , ) was a Kurdish nationalist rebellion in Turkish Kurdistan in 1925 led by Sheikh Said and with support of the Azadî against the newly-founded Turkish Republic .The rebellion was mostly led by Zaza speakers , but also gained support among some of the neighboring Kurmanji -speaking Kurds in the region.The religious and nationalist background of the Sheikh Said rebellion has been debated by the scholars.The rebellion was described as "the first large-scale nationalist rebellion by the Kurds " by Robert W. Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History .
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Kurdish rebellion following the abolition of the Caliphate Belligerents Turkey Azadî Assyrian volunteers Armenian volunteers Commanders and leaders Mustafa Kemal Pasha Kâzım Pasha ( Third Army ) Ali Saip Bey ( Third Army ) Muğlalı Bey ( Third Army ) Mürsel Pasha (VII Corps) Naci Pasha (V Corps) Sheikh Said Abdulkadir Ubeydullah Halid Beg Cibran Alişer Ağa Ibrahim Heski Baytar Nuri Strength February–March : 25,000 men (fewer than 12,000 are armed troops; the rest are unarmed logistical troops) April : 52,000 men (25,000 are armed troops) 15,000 men Casualties and losses Total: 15,000–20,000 killed The Sheikh Said rebellion ( Kurdish : Serhildana Şêx Seîd ; Turkish : Şeyh Said İsyanı ) was a Kurdish nationalist and Islamist rebellion in Southeast Anatolia in 1925 led by Sheikh Said and with support of the Azadî movement and local religious and feudal leaders against the newly-founded secular Turkish Republic . The rebellion was mostly led by Zaza speakers , but also gained support among some of the neighboring Kurmanji -speaking Kurds in the region. The religious and nationalist background of the Sheikh Said rebellion has been debated by the scholars. The rebellion was described as "the first large-scale nationalist rebellion by the Kurds " by Robert W. Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History .
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