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Mohammad Biriya
Mohammad Biriya (; 1914–1985), born Mohammad Baghirzadeh, was an Iranian Azerbaijanis, Iranian Azerbaijani poet and politician. He was one of the leaders of the Azerbaijan People's Government, a Soviet-backed secessionist state in Azerbaijan (Iran), Iranian Azerbaijan. He contributed with his poems and articles to numerous newspapers and journals published in Tabriz. Between 1943 and 1946, he served as the chief editor of the newspapers ''Yumruq'', ''Ədəbiyyat səhifəsi (Literature page)'', and ''Qalaba'', published in Tabriz. He authored plays such as ''Çətirbazlar'' (''The Umbrella Men''), ''Ruznamə idarəsində'' (''At the Newspaper Office''), ''Stalingrad'', ''Ərbab və əkinçi'' (''The Landowner and the Farmer''), ''Mussolini'', and ''Hitler və Mussolini'' (''Hitler and Mussolini''). During his tenure as the Minister of Culture and Education in the Azerbaijani National Government, he ensured that school lessons were conducted in Azerbaijani Turkish, developed a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan People's Government
The Azerbaijan People's Government (; ) was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946. Like the unrecognized Republic of Mahabad, it was a puppet state of the Soviet Union. Established in Iranian Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan People's Government capital was the city of Tabriz. It was headed by an ethno-separatist and communist government led by the Azerbaijani Democratic Party, which also followed a pan-Turkist discourse. Its establishment and demise were a part of the Iran crisis, an early event in the Cold War. History To supply the Soviet forces with war material through Iran, British and Soviet troops jointly occupied the country in August 1941. Soviet forces entering Iranian territory from the Armenian SSR and the Azerbaijan SSR and British and Indian forces entering from Iraq soon took the control of the country. On 16 September, the British forced Reza Shah to abdicate in favor of his son Mohammad Reza Shah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
