Uprising of Sheikh Ubeydullah
| Sheikh Ubeydullah uprising | |||||||
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Territory under the uprisings control (dashed red line) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Kurdish tribes Tyari mercenaries |
Ottoman Empire Qajar Iran | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sheikh Ubeydullah Abdulkadir Ubeydullah Sheikh Muhammad Said Siddiq Ubeydullah | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Uprising of Sheikh Ubeydullah was a Kurdish uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1879 and Qajar Iran between 1880 and 1881. Both uprisings were led by Sheikh Ubeydullah, the leader of the Shamdinan Naqshbandi family who claimed descendance from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima. Thus the family had a considerable influence, disposed over large amounts of donations, owned several villages in the region and many Kurdish tribal leaders were devout followers of him. The initial cause for the uprisings were the outcome of the Russo-Turkish war in 1877–1878 and the Treaty of Berlin which provided the Christian Armenians and the Nestorian Assyrians with considerable rights and autonomy, to which he did not agree to.