A few months later, Sheikh Abdul Salam Barzani launched an uprising, at the same time as the Bitlis uprising, supported by the Russian Empire (who would later massacre 8,000 Kurds in Rawanduz with the help of Assyrian and Armenian volunteers).
[2] Mullah Mustafa Barzani was a young child with his mother when Abdulsalam was arrested.
A year later, Sheikh Abdul Salam was released and gathered an army and returned to fight.
This time, Ottoman forces were defeated and peace was accepted and the other Kurdish rebels were released from prison.
Later, a man named Safut Beg from Barzan was accused of murder, the region was once again surrounded by government forces.