Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan

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Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan
شوراء انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان
Shura-e-Enqilabi-e-Ittifaq-e-Islami-Afghanistan
LeaderSayyid Ali Beheshti
FoundedSeptember 1979
Dissolved1989
Merged intoHezbe Wahdat
IdeologyHazara interests
Conservatism
Traditionalism[disambiguation needed]
ReligionShia Islam
National affiliationTehran Eight (from 1987)
International affiliationIslamic Republican Party

The Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan (Persian: شوراء انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان, Shura-i Engelab-i Ettefaq-i Islami Afghanistan, often called simply Shura) was a Hazara political movement which appeared in Afghanistan in 1979 in opposition to the increasingly leftist Kabul government. The movement was led by Sayyid Ali Beheshti.[1]

The Shura had both political and militant arms, and removed many Kabul-backed authorities within the Hazarajat (Hazara-populated region of Afghanistan), replacing them with their own functionaries. By the end of 1983 the Shura controlled 60% of the population of the Hazarajat.[2]

The Shura was the primary Hazara resistance movement part of the Tehran Eight political constellation, followed by the Al-Nasr (Victory) and the Union of Islamic Fighters.[3]


References[]

  1. ^ J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation . DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2
  2. ^ J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation . DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2
  3. ^ J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2
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