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 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.
Muhammad | Muhammad Ali | Muhammad Yunus | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Muhammad Iqbal | Muhammad Ali of Egypt | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | Muhammad Shah | Raja Muhammad Fayyaz Ahmad | Muhammad al-Mahdi | Muhammad Ahmad | Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri | Nur Muhammad Taraki | Muhammad Saleh Kamboh | Muhammad al-Baqir | Idris Muhammad | Atta Muhammad Nur | Shafi Muhammad Burfat | Qazi Wajid | Muhammad Siddique Dar | Muhammad Shahidullah | Muhammad Shafiq Jamal | Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade | Muhammad al-Tawil of Huesca | Muhammad al-Idrisi | Muhammad Abduh | Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur | Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan | Amin Saad Muhammad al-Zumari | Alyan Muhammad Ali al-Wa'eli |
Sultan Muhammed Ghiya'as ud-din's mother is Aisha Kanbafan daughter of Fathima Maavaa Kilegefan daughter of Athiree Kamanaa daughter of Athiree Hawwa Bee daughter of Koruvalu Zulaikha Bee daughter of Hafiza Bodu Fathima Fan daughter of al- Qazi Muhammad Shamsuddin al-kabeer (Addu Bodu Fandiyaaru Thakurufaan) from the island of Meedhoo in Addu Atoll.