The First Iraqi-Kurdish War, also called the September Revolution, was an armed Kurdish uprising against the government of Iraq that lasted from 1961 until 1970. Led by Mustafa Barzani, it aimed at an independent Kurdistan after Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qasim did not deliver the regional autonomy he had promised. The revolt truly began in September 1961 when an Iraqi army column was ambushed, and Qasim answered with air raids on Kurdish villages that rallied the Kurdish population behind Barzani. Iran and Israel supplied the Kurds, Syria sent troops against them in 1963, and at the height of the fighting about 80 percent of the Iraqi army was engaged against them. Successive coups in Baghdad and the shifting fortunes of both sides left the war unresolved until a peace plan announced in March 1970 promised broader Kurdish autonomy. That settlement failed, and war resumed in the Second Iraqi-Kurdish War.
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Commanders and Forces
Source Mustafa Barzani (Wikipedia)
Source Peshmerga (Wikipedia)
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Source First Iraqi-Kurdish War (Wikipedia)Lead, Iraqi armyQuote, Lead, Iraqi army
During the war, 80% of the Iraqi army was engaged in combat with the Kurds.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject took place.
Source First Iraqi-Kurdish War (Wikipedia)Lead, aim of the revoltQuote, Lead, aim of the revolt
The conflict was led by Mustafa Barzani, in an attempt to establish an independent Kurdistan.
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1. Correlates of War Project: Correlates of War Intra-State War Data, version 4.1
Correlates of War Project- Death Toll Min: from 2500
2. First Iraqi-Kurdish War (Wikipedia)
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lasting from 1961 until 1970
Lead, aim of the revolt
The conflict was led by Mustafa Barzani, in an attempt to establish an independent Kurdistan.
Peace talks (outcome category)
A peace plan was announced in March 1970 and provided for broader Kurdish autonomy.
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lasting from 1961 until 1970
Lead, Iraqi army
During the war, 80% of the Iraqi army was engaged in combat with the Kurds.
View the SourceMustafa Barzani (Wikipedia)
Commanders and Forces: Mustafa Barzani, Section on the 1961 revoltQuote, Commanders and Forces: Mustafa Barzani, Section on the 1961 revolt
Barzani however managed to lead the peshmerga effectively, inflicting casualties on the military to the point that Qasim offered peace twice in November 1961 and in March 1962
Peshmerga (Wikipedia)
Commanders and Forces: Peshmerga, History, Iraqi KurdistanQuote, Commanders and Forces: Peshmerga, History, Iraqi Kurdistan
The conflict, which lasted until 1970, marked the first major war fought by the Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan
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