Abdulkadir Ubeydullah

[3] During the uprising of Sheik Ubeydullah, he was the commander of a contingent of Kurdish forces, which from October 1880 onwards on, captured several towns from the shores of Lake Urmia to the outskirts of Tabriz.

[5] Enver Pasha asked for his collaboration in compelling the Kurdish tribes into acknowledging CUPs authority after the revolution of the Young Turks in 1908.

[9] In an interview given to the newspaper Ikdam in February 1920 Abdulkadir declared he was an adherent of an autonomous Kurdish region with a leadership elected by Kurds.

[12] Nevertheless, the Grand vizier Damat Ferid Pasha suspected Abdul-Kadir was organizing Kurdish tribal leaders in Anatolia in preparation for independence.

[10] According to Robert Olson, the British intelligence reported that by 1924 Ubeydullah was the registered as the head of the Azadî office in Constantinople.

[15] His son Mehmed while walking towards the gallows opposite the Diyarbakir mosque was heard warning his executers that their governments actions would open a Pandora's box and bring calamity upon themselves.