Sheikh Said

Sheikh Said was a Zaza Kurd religious leader, one of the leading sheikhs of the Naqshbandi order and the head of the Sheikh Said rebellion. He was born around... Wikipedia

• Native name:  Şêx Seîd
• Born:  Said Kasim, c. 1865, Hınıs or Palu, Ottoman Empire
• Died:  June 29, 1925, Diyarbakır, Turkey
• Cause of death:  Execution by hanging
• Known for:  Political revolutionary and spiritual leader of the first major Kurdish rebellion since the founding of the Turkish Republic
• Parents:  Sheikh Mehmud Fevzi (father), Gulê Xanim (mother)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo