Sardar Beg Jaff
Sardar Beg is the
first son of Dawood Beg the leader of Jaff tribe. Born in 1937 in Kalar
village; his mother is Lady Khawer, the daughter of Sheikh Mohamed
Talabani, a grand son of Sheikh Abdul Rahman Talaban, head of the Talbany
sect and founder of the Talbany Takeia in Kirkuk in Iraq;
(a Takeia is a place of social gathering whereby religious
teaching and practices are exercised.)
Sardar Beg completed his elementary
learning in Kalar village and Kifri town, then moved to Baghdad to
continue his studies and learn Arabic in the Jaaferia School. He later
traveled to Beirut for his further studies.
From his early
youth, Sardar Beg developed a strong and distinguished personality showing
signs of prominence in future for the tribe and society. He was a faithful
and constant companion of his father, acquiring rich knowledge, while his
father preparing him for leadership.
After returning from
Beirut, he joined the military service and posted in the Mansooria
military camp near the Town of Shehreban. H e also served in the
20th battalion under Abdul Kareem Qassim; during which he made
many friends and acquaintances among the officers and leaders of the army,
whom he always invited to visit Kalar village during the holidays for deer
hunting, as this area was well known for its
deer.
After the 1958 coup d'e.tat, the
Jaff family, and Dawood Pasha and his elder son Sardar Beg in particular,
were highly respected by Abdul Kareem Qassim. But being surrounded by
political parties and various groups of conflicting interests, created an
unsettled and disturbed conditions in the country which made Dawood Beg
take the decision of leaving Iraq, even for a short period of time.
Faili Club – Baghdad -
1958
He consulted
with mature elder son Sardar Beg who agreed with his father’s opinion.
Dawood Beg instructed his son to contact the Iranian Government and inform
them of his intentions. The Shah of Iran happily agreed to their request.
A plan was put whereby armed members of the tribe were stationed en-rout
to safe guard their passage.
Sardar Beg was
driving the Land Rover vehicle that carried the father and his family.
Unfortunately forces from the Iraqi militia in Khanaqeen learnt of the
plan and attempted to stop the convoy from leaving; a battle ensued and
several persons were killed from both sides, and a tragedy in the family
was averted due to the bravery and skill of Sardar Beg. The convoy crossed
the border successfully and safely.
Dawood Beg made Kirminshah his place of
residence near where the Jwanrood clan of Jaff tribe lives.
Following an advice from the Royal Court,
Sardar Beg was sent to study law at Tehran university. During study
period, he made many friends, acquired a lot of experiences in the
political and social fields, and especially the political situation in
Iran Kurdistan.
With his friends – Tehran
university - 1965
He acquainted himself
with well known Kurdish figures like M/S Ali Qazi, the son of the late
Qazi Mohamed the ex-president of the Republic of Iran Kurdistan, Salah
Eddin Mohtadi the son of Haj Abdul Rahman Aaqa Elkhani Zade, Soware
Elkhanee zade, the famous Kurdish poet, Hasan Baba Taheri, Mostafa Ishaqi,
Mohamed Ameen Saraji,Ameer Qazi, Haq Andeesh, Abdulla Sanandaji, and other
Kurdish politicians.
These students were also busy
educating new students about the national rights of the Kurds, encouraging
them to work for their Kurdish party, and forming national political
cells. Sardar Jaff cooperating with them, accompanying foreign journalists
to Iraq Kurdistan endangering himself and his family to bring the Kurdish
movement’s voice to the outside world.
He continued this
work and indeed succeeded when the expanding movement began to score
victories in its struggle under the leadership of the hero Mullah Mostafa
Barzani.
Shortly after
the dominance and control of the Kurdish Democratic Party over most of
Iraq Kurdistan, serious differences developed between Mullah Mostafa on
one side, and a faction of the leadership in the party, which split the
party and forced the defectors led by Mr. Ibraheem Ahmed to flee to Iran,
accompanied by large number of intellectuals, writers, and patriots
including M/S Jalal Talibani, Hilmi Ali Shareef, Jameel Rozbiani, martyr
Ali Askari, and Omar Mostafa, who was called Omar Dababa (Tank), and other
Kurdish leaders.
Their combat men were
stationed in a refugee camp near the Iranian town of Hamadan, and the
leaders in the capital Tehran. Friendship consolidated between
Sardar Jaff and these individuals, and Mr. Jalal Talibani in particular,
because of family connection, and they spent most of their time in library
of the Law College at Tehran University.
Mullah Mostafa Barzani
exerted pressure on the Iranian government to expel this group from Iran.
Savak (intelligence force of Iran) wanted to arrest and hand over the
leaders to Mullah Mostafa, one of those wanted was Jalal Talibani, who
discussed the matter with Sardar and asked for his help, who, despite the
risk, he gladly agreed to do so.
For that he traveled
to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, to obtain a passport for Jalal under
a different name. Sardar’s cousin was at that time the ambassador of Iraq
in Afghanistan, who after a lot pressure from Sardar, accepted. With that
passport, Jalal Talibani managed to leave Iran and escape a certain
death.
Sardar Jaff graduated from
the Law College, and proceeded to obtain Masters honours degree in
Political Science. He was appointed a consultant in the Iranian National
Oil Company, a position Sardar found not compatible with his
ambitions.
He then asked
the Shah to appoint him in the Royal Court. During his service in the
Royal Court, Iran celebrated the 2500 anniversary of royal rule in the
country, where invitations were sent to al Kings and leaders of the world.
Sardar Jaff was the host and accompanying the Arab Kings and leaders, a
task he excelled in, and became a trustee of the Shah and the Royal Court
minister.
Document : a trustee of the
Shah and the Royal Court minister.
He moved
speedily up in the post to become the Head of the Royal Emblems
Directorate in the Court, then head of the Royal Protocol Directorate of
the Middle East. Shortly after that, he became First Political escort of
the Shah, accompanying him on his visits to the Arab countries, and
attending all official functions of the Royal Court.
Document : First Political
escort of the shah
Several times a week
Sardar was alternating in accompanying the Shah, and a well-known
personality for his qualities in the country. Beside his official posts,
Sardar was involved in agricultural and industrial ventures, and with the
help of his brothers established businesses in these fields that became
among the best businesses in Iran, and were the livelihood of many workers
and staff.
An agreement was signed between the
Iraqi and Iranian governments, which caused the collapse of the Kurdish
movement, and once again this movement was the victim of international
political bargaining and balance of power in the Middle East.
Consequently,
many of the Kurdish leaders and members of the Pesh Merga and their
families took refuge in Iran, where they were settled in refugee camps in
the areas of Sarpil Zahab, Rawansar, and others in Iran.
The family of
the late Mullah Mostafa Berzani and a number of the leaders of the
collapsed movement were taken to Adhimeia Karj area near Tehran. Mr.
Sardar Jaff and his brother paid numerous visits to the refugee camps in
the scattered areas, and provided assistance and help.
They requested from
the Iranian government to facilitate decent living conditions for the
refugees, and continued solving their problems with the government. The
situation was becoming miserable because of the large number of refugees,
aggravated by the attitude of disregard by the Iranian government.
During those difficult
circumstances, the two sons of Mullah Mostafa Barzani, M/S Idrees and
Masood paid a visit to Sardar Jaff at his office in Wanak area, north of
Tehran, to inform him that Mr. Barzani wishes to meet him. They went to
his house in the Adhimeia Karj area.
Mullah Mostafa
asked Mr. Sardar Jaff to help settle around 200 Barzani families of his
personal guards and their relations in his farms, as they suffered serious
bad living conditions in the towns of Kashan and Yezd. Despite the refusal
of the Iranian government for such arrangements, Sardar and Salar Jaff,
who was a member of parliament, insisted on their demands.
The government
consented to the demand, and the families were moved to establishments
belonging to Sardar Jaff and his brothers in Khoram Dare area to the
north-west of Tehran, providing them with housing, work and decent living
in their.
Barzani also asked
them to consider his sons as their own brothers. Sardar Beg Jaff always
had, and still has highest regards to this noble
family.
Sardar Jaff with Mr. Masaood
Barzani
Upon the fall of the
Shahanshahi regime and the consequent departure of the Shah from Iran,
Sardar Jaff together with his family and members of the Jaff tribe who
were in Iran, a struggle against the Mullahs; and after the elapse of few
months of the corrupt clique acquiring rule, he managed to arm thousands
of members of his tribe and other tribes who aligned with them, to form a
formidable power against that bloody regime, which initiated its rule by
shedding the blood of the Iranian citizens of all ethnic backgrounds.
The forces of
Sardar Jaff formed a huge barrier, barring control of the Mullahs rule in
Iran, especially in the west of the country and the Kurdish areas, to the
extent that Said Kharazi, the permanent representative of Iran at the
United Nations then proclaimed in a session of the U.N. that Iraq is
helping Sardar Jaff to stir disturbances in west of Iran by attacking
military camps and Iranian cities bringing destruction, according to
him.
He demanded that the
U.N. takes measures to force the Iraqi government to abandon and stop
providing help to strengthen his movement in Iran Kurdistan. But Sardar
Jaff’s movement continued its struggle and managed to dominate and control
areas such as Eilam to Mariawan and Saqz town. The movement had a
strong hand in events inTehran the capital, posing a strong danger to the
regime and a starting point for its downfall.
Mr.Sardar Jaff with some
Clan`s leader of Jaff tribe
It was then Mr. Shahpoor Bakhtiar,
the previous prime minister of Iran the emerging opposition to the new
regime, contacted Sardar Jaff and a group of nationalists and officers of
the air force stationed in Shahrokhi near Hamadan city,which were also
opposing the Mullahs,to agree a plan to overthrow the regime.
He asked
Sardar Jaff to intensify his military operations on the border and other
areas where they had strong influence to distract the enemy’s forces and
divert them to these areas to face Sardar’s forces, to enable the
cooperating air units from attack the authorities centers in Tehran and
other cities, and consequently toppling them.
Indeed, Mr. Sardar
Jaff responded positively to Shahpoor Bakhtiar’s and the free officers’
plan and attacked the Basij and Government forces for the consecutive 10
days, inflicting heavy losses on them, taking control of 15 border posts,
launching new attacks on the cities of Gilan Gharb, Qasr Shereen, Sarpeel
Zahab,Krand, Shah Abad Gharb, Pawa and surrounding towns, taking control
and putting fear in new rulers of Iran.
Sardar Jaff the chief
commander with part of his fighters
Most unfortunately, the plan did
not succeed as it was exposed by the rulers arresting large number of the
freedom fighters, officers, and corporals, executing more than 250 of the
pilots and officers.
The regime of the
Mullahs remained in power, while the dream of the free officers did not
materialized to rid their nation of this evil clique who opened the door
to the Iraq-Iran war and caused the destruction to both neighbouring
countries. Agents of the Mullahs’ regime assassinated Shahpoor Bakhtiar
later in Paris.
Sardar Jaff’s movement
continued the struggle for the rights of the Kurds and other Iranian
ethnic groups until 1986, when changing international and regional took
place, and also the Iraqi government attitude towards Iran changed.
Then Mr. Sardar Jaff
was forced to abandon the struggle, and his forces were disarmed and moved
with their families to refugee camps in the Provinces of Ramadi, Hilla,
while Mr. Sardar Jaff and his family were taken to reside in Baghdad.
The Iraqi government then began its
cooperation with Mujahdi Khalq against the Iranian
region.
He married Maryam Gazi the daughter of
Gazi Mohammed the ex- President of the Republic of Iran Kurdistan , they
have two daughter, Sayran & Soma and one son , David
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David |
Sayran |
soma |
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Mr. Sardar Jaff 's ( The Current Leader
of Jaff Tribe ) visit to
Kurdistan after falling Saddam Husain regim
