The late Mullah Mustafa Barzani's contributions to the Kurdish national cause remain deeply embedded in Kurdistan's history, ...

The Kurdish revolt, led by the resourceful Mullah Mustafa al-Barzani, culminates a long series of attempt by the Kurds to form an autonomous Kurdish state encompassing parts of Iraq, Iran and Turkey.

1923 saw the first of many violent uprisings from a Kurdish people hungry for the chance to rule their own land and, after 20 more years of struggle, Mullah Mustafa Barzani emerged as the ...