Muhammad Yusuf Khan Hazara ( fa, محمد یوسف خان هزاره) known as Sulat al-Sultanah Hazara (); () was a politician and the first

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

and

Hazara Hazara may refer to: Ethnic groups * The Hazaras, a Persian-speaking people of Afghanistan and Pakistan * Aimaq Hazara, Aimaq's subtribe of Hazara origin * Hazarawals, a Hindko-speaking people of the Hazara region of northern Pakistan * Hazar ...

representative member in the Iran parliament for National Consultative Assembly and he is the only sunni Iranian who has represented

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

in the history of Iran's legislatures.««شورش خراسان» در کتابفروشی‌ها شکل می‌گیرد»
/ref> Relying on the historical records of the Hazaras and exploiting the favorable context that the

Pahlavi regime The Pahlavi dynasty ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...

's actions had left, Sulat al-Sultanah was able to raise not only the nomads of the east, north and west of

Khorasan Khorasan may refer to: * Greater Khorasan, a historical region which lies mostly in modern-day northern/northwestern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan * Khorasan Province, a pre-2004 province of Ira ...

but also many other strata of the people and rule over a large part of Khorasan in a short period from the winter of 1941.

Early life and story

Sulat al-Sultanah Hazara was born on 1891 in

Taybad Taybad ( fa, تايباد, also Romanized as Tāybād, Taīabad, and Tayebad; also known as Tāyebāt and Ţayyebāt) is a city and capital of Taybad County, in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 46,228, in 10 ...

, Iran. In 1943, he was assassinated by gunfire in a mission in Taybad, Iran. He was from a

of Iran which most of Hazara reside in Afghanistan. Before the separation of Afghanistan from Iran according to the Treaty of Paris in 1857 during the reign of

Naser al-Din Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

, Greater Khorasan covered a part of the west of this land and various tribes and peoples lived in it. One of these tribes was the Hazaras. This tribe, who settled on both sides of the border after drawing the border line between Iran and Afghanistan, has played many roles in the contemporary history of Khorasan province and especially

. The leadership of this tribe at the end of the Qajar period and also the Pahlavi period was with Sulat al-Sultanah Hazara.

Khorasan Revolt

Reza Shah summoned Sulat al-Sultanah from

and imprisoned him in Tehran following a policy of settlement and repression of nomads to be comfortable with Hazaras. After about two years, in 1935, he was deported to Fars with his family and was given land in Yazd and Firuzabad, instead of Khorasan properties. Despite the difficult conditions, Hazaras had extensive construction and agricultural efforts in Fars, which also produced significant results. However, following the events of September 1941 and the return of the Qashqai khans to Fars, who were the main owners of properties assigned to the Hazaras and the cessation of the proceeds of these properties, the situation changed. He returned to Tehran after the Allies occupied Iran and Reza Shah fled the country. After his efforts to reclaim properties in Tehran did not side and even received death threats, he went to Khorasan and communicated with many heads of local tribes and readers in Mashhad and asked them for help in gaining lost power. In this way, with the help of his brother, "Mantesur al-Mulk", he started a rebellion that was the starting point in the border town of Taybad. The Sulat al-Sultanah rebellion began in January 1942. His forces were sent from Taybad to Mashhad, and later the rebel forces occupied Bakharz and Fariman and were determined to capture the city of Mashhad. This was while Sulat al-Sultanah was still in Mashhad and led the rebellion from the city. He stated Mashhad after his forces seized the city of Fariman. In part, it stated:

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داستان ناتمام صولت السلطنه هزاره خانِ بزرگ تايباد و باخرز
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hazara, Muhammad Yusuf Khan 1891 births 1943 deaths Hazara people Hazara politicians Iranian Sunni Muslims People from Mashhad 20th-century Iranian people Iranian people of Hazara descent

Early life and story

Khorasan Revolt

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