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Simko Shikak
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<p>Ismail Agha Shikak , also known as Simko (<a href="/facts/Kurdish_language/6LSckYAz">Kurdish</a>: سمکۆ, <i>Simko</i>; 1887–1930), was a <a href="/facts/Kurds/nfHFlVlq">Kurdish</a> chieftain of the <a href="/facts/Shekak_(tribe)/F64SJ5Ye">Shekak</a> tribe. He was a nationalist warlord who controlled significant land and led thousands of Kurdish rebels who defeated the Iranian army on several occasions. He also led ethnic conflicts against <a href="/facts/Assyrian_people/qfHqDhDc">Assyrians</a> and <a href="/facts/Iranian_Azerbaijanis/G5r9Cw99">Azerbaijanis</a>. He was later assassinated by the Iranian government in 1930. </p>