Lakestan Incident (1919)

Lakestan incident
	Part of Kurdish separatism in Iran, Simko Shikak revolt (1918-1922)
Date	December 1919
Location	Soltan Ahmad and Qarah Qeshlaq, Lakestan, West Azerbaijan province
Result	Kurdish rebel victory Iranian forces later deployed to retake Lakestan; Continued ethnic tensions;
Belligerents
Kurdish rebels	Azerbaijani civilians; Assyrian civiliansQajar İran
Commanders and leaders
Simko Shikak; Mirza Ali Akbar	Masoud Divan †; Sadegh Khan; Taymour Yavur Habshi; Hajireza Qaraqeshlaghi; Karbalaei Ibrahim Khan; Qazaljah; Kazem Khan
Strength
nearly 4,000 Supported by 400 or 500 Turkish soldiers;	7,700
Casualties and losses
	2,000 civilians massacred; 1,500 civilians froze to death.

lakestan Incident Is Referred To Invasions And Massacre By The Kurdish Military Leader Simko Shikak In West Azerbaijan

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