Sheikh Said

Sheikh Said of Palu or Piran (Kurdish: شێخ سەعیدی ,Şêx Seîd‎,[1][2] 1865 – June 29, 1925) was a Zaza sheikh[3] and one of the leaders of Kurdish rebellion, also known as the Sheikh Said Rebellion[4] and a Sheikh of the Naqshbandi order.[5][6]

For other uses, see Sheikh Said (disambiguation).
Sheik Said
Sheikh Said (at the bottom right)
Born1865
Palu
Died
Diyarbakır
Parent(s)
  • Sheikh Mahmud (father)

He was born in 1865 in Palu to an influential family from the Naqshbandi order. He had five brothers. Still in his childhood, the family settled to Hınıs, Erzurum, where his grandfather was an influential Sheikh.[7] In Hınıs Sheikh Said studied religious sciences and was involved in the local tekke set up by his grandfather Sheik Ali.[7] His grandfather was a respected leader of the religious community and his grave was visited by thousands of pilgrims. He became the head of the religious community after his father Sheik Mahmud died. In 1907 he toured the neighboring provinces in the east and he established contacts with officers from the Hamidye cavalry.[7] He urged the Kurdish deputies in the parliament to form a party of their own. Later he became a leader of the Azadî, a secret Kurdish society of former officers of the Hamidye and Kurdish notables. The Azadi was to become a leading force in the Sheikh Said Rebellion[8] which began in February 1925 and starting from in Piran, soon spread as far as the surroundings of Diyarbakır.[9] The Turkish army then opposed the rebellion and he was captured in mid-April 1925 after having been surrounded by the Turkish troops.[10] He was condemned to death by the Independence Tribunal in Diyarbakır on the 28 June 1925 and hanged the next day in Diyarbakır with 47 of his followers.[11] His remains were buried in an anonymous mass grave in order to prevent his memorization by the Kurds.[12]

His grandson, Abdülmelik Fırat, was a member of parliament.[13] Fırat says that his ancestors were not involved in politics until his grandfather, for they had cordial relations with the Ottoman elite.

The actress Belçim Bilgin is his great grand niece.[14] His was dubbed by his followers with the name Bedi uz Zaman, due to the fact that he had memorized many of the works of Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani[7]

References
  1. "Şêx Seîd û hevalê ey Amed hetê PAKî ra amê yadkerdene Kaynak: Şêx Seîd û hevalê ey Amed hetê PAKî ra amê yadkerdene" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  2. "شۆڕشی شێخ سه‌عیدی پیران" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. Uğur Ümit Üngör, The Making of Modern Turkey:Nation and State in Eastern Anatolia, 1913-1950, p. 111, Oxford University Press, 2011, ...member of a Zaza family originally from Piran and revered sheikh of the Sharia Naqshbandi Sufi order...
  4. Olson, Robert W. (1989). The emergence of Kurdish nationalism and the Sheikh Said Rebellion, 1880-1925. University of Texas Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-292-77619-7.
  5. Özoğlu, Hakan (2004-02-12). Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State: Evolving Identities, Competing Loyalties, and Shifting Boundaries. SUNY Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7914-5993-5.
  6. Olson, Robert W. (1989), p.101
  7. Olson, Robert (1989), p.100
  8. Olson, Robert W. (1989), p.101–102
  9. Özoğlu, Hakan (2011-06-24). From Caliphate to Secular State: Power Struggle in the Early Turkish Republic: Power Struggle in the Early Turkish Republic. ABC-CLIO. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-313-37957-4.
  10. Olson, Robert W. (1989), p.115–116
  11. Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. p. 243. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  12. Üngör, Umut. "Young Turk social engineering : mass violence and the nation state in eastern Turkey, 1913- 1950" (PDF). University of Amsterdam. p. 350. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  13. Kilic, Ecevit (2008-10-27). "CHP, dedemin gömüldüğü yere halkevi açtı". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  14. ÇAPA, İzzet. "13 yaşında ölümle burun buruna geldim". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-04-16.


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