It was first played and sung in 1946 on the proclamation of a short-lived Kurdistan republic in Mahabad.
In 1918, members of the Mukri tribe of the Mahabad region were in talks with British officials discussing a possible scheme for an independent Kurdish state under British protection.
Mahabad was briefly the capital of the short-lived Republic of Mahabad, which was declared independent on January 1, 1946 under the leadership of Kurdish nationalist Qazi Muhammad.
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The republic received strong support from the Soviet Union, which occupied Iran during the same era and included the Kurdish towns of Bukan, Piranshahr, Sardasht and Oshnavieh.
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The Shah ordered an invasion of the Republic of Mahabad shortly afterwards under which the leaders of the republic including Qazi Muhammad were arrested and executed.
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As Muhamed Amin Zaki in his book, A Short History of the Kurds and Kurdistan, during regional conflicts between Kara Koyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu, the Mukri kurds gained power in the fertile valleys of south of Lake Urmia.
Mahabad dam is a hydroelectric dam near the city of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
The Mahabad parade bombing took place on September 18th, 2010, at the Iranian city of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province.
It's a rather popular male name in the Kurdish speaking cities of Iran, such as Sanandaj, Marivan, Mahabad, etc.
The state itself encompassed a small territory, including Mahabad and the adjacent cities of Piranshahr, Naqada and Ushnaviya.