Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar
Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar | |
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| Born | 1884 |
| Died | March 10, 1939 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Known for | co-founding the Soviet Socialist Republic of Iran[1] and being killed in Moscow |
Ehsān-Allāh Khān Dūstdār (Persian: احسان الله خان دوستدار), (1883[1] or 1884 in Sari – March 10, 1939, in Moscow) also known as "Red Comrade", was an early twentieth century Iranian Marxist revolutionary and leader of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic.[2]
Early life[]
He was born in Sari. He was a Baháʼí who ignored the then-current Baháʼí doctrine against participation in politics and official activities.[1] His father was an experimental doctor.[3][page needed]
Death[]
He was regarded as an "enemy of the people" by the NKVD authorities and later executed on March 10, 1939, in Moscow during the Great Purge.[2]
See also[]
- Gilan
- Jungle Movement of Gilan
- The Jangal movement
References[]
- ^ a b c Amanat, p. 67
- ^ a b * Chaqueri, Cosroe. "EḤSĀN-ALLĀH KHAN DŪSTDĀR". دانشنامه ایرانیکا Encyclopaedia Iranica.
- ^ Amanat, page unknown
- Mehrdad Amanat (2013). Jewish Identities in Iran: Resistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha'i Faith. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1780767772.
Categories:
- 1884 births
- 1939 deaths
- People from Sari, Iran
- People executed by the Soviet Union
- Iranian revolutionaries
- Iranian communists
- Iranian emigrants to the Soviet Union
- People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union
- Soviet rehabilitations
- Iranian Bahá'ís