[9] Kurdish insurgency and seasonal migrations in late 1920s, along with long-running tensions between Tehran and Ankara, resulted in border clashes and even military penetrations in both Iranian and Turkish territory.

[10] In 1930, the commander of the Iranian Army, General Hassan Moghaddam, sent a letter to Simko, who was residing in the village of Barzan, and invited him for a meeting in the town of Oshnaviyeh.

After consulting with his friends, Simko along with Khurshid Agha Herki went to Oshnaviyeh and were invited to the house of local army commander, Colonel Norouzi and were told to wait for the Iranian general.

[6] Simko's revolts are considered as attempt by a powerful tribal chief to establish his personal authority vis-à-vis the central government throughout the region.

[6] On the other hand, Reza Shah's military victories over Kurdish and Turkic tribal leaders began a repressive era towards non-Persian minorities.