11 Facts About Sattar Khan

Sattar Khan was born in Sardar Kandy, of Iranian Azerbaijani origin, some time in 1868.

Sattar Khan was the third son of Haj Hasan Bazzaz, from the Qaradagh.

The family later moved to Tabriz where Sattar himself came into conflict with the law when he tried to find a hideout for two Caucasian fugitives to whom his father had given shelter.

Sattar Khan served in the gendarmerie controlling the main road between Khoy and Marand, and for a while found employment as part of the armed escort to the crown prince Mozaffar-al-Din Mirza and was given the title of "khan".

Sattar Khan had close ties to the Social Democratic Party.

Sattar Khan rose from obscurity to head Constitutionalist rebels from the Amirkhiz district of Tabriz.

Sattar Khan was appointed the Commander in chief of High Council, Bagher Khan as his deputy, and Ali Musyo, Haji Ali and Seyed Hashem Khan as other notable members.

Special committees with the name of "Sattar Khan" were established in Tehran, Rasht, Qazvin, Isfahan and other cities.

Sattar Khan's reputation led to the powerful Bakhtiyari tribal leaders to throw in their lot with the Tabriz rebels.

Sattar Khan was buried in the famous Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine cemetery in Shahr-e Ray, just outside Tehran.

Sattar Khan is remembered in Iran as the heroic leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and is the subject of poems and songs.