| 1945 Hazara Rebellion | |||||||
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Kingdom of Afghanistan | Hazara rebels | ||||||
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Mohammed Zahir Shah | Ibrahim Khan | ||||||
The 1945 Hazara Rebellion was a rebellion by the Hazaras in the Kingdom of Afghanistan which occurred in 1945 and 1946. Its causes laid in the introduction of a new tax imposed only on the Hazaras. [1] It began in November 1945, [2] when Hazara Rebels under Ibrahim Khan, also known as "Bačča-Gāw-sawār" [1] (Son of the bull rider) revolted against the local administration of Shahristan. [2] After a siege lasting for about a week, the district, as well as arms and ammunition, fell into the hands of the rebels.
There are two different accounts as to how the rebellion ended: According to Encyclopædia Iranica, the Afghan government sent a force to pacify the region and subsequently withdrew the tax. [1] According to Niamatullah Ibrahimi, it ended in spring 1946, when Mohammed Zahir Shah sent a delegation to the rebels, offering to lift the tax if the rebels laid down their arms, which was accepted. [2]
References
- ^ a b c "HAZĀRA ii. HISTORY – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ a b c Ibrahimi, Niamatullah (2017). The Hazaras and the Afghan State: Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition. Oxford University Press. pp. 108, 109. ISBN 9781849047074.