Mujaheddin soldiers of the Kurdish revolution led by Mustafa Barzani in Northern Iraq, photographed in Northern Iraq during a brief truce with the Iraqi government in 1969.

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Mustafa Barzani (March 14, 1903 – March 1, 1979), also known as Mullah Mustafa was a Kurdish nationalist leader, and the most prominent political figure in modern Kurdish politics. In 1946, he was chosen as the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and led the Kurdish revolution against Iraqi regimes under President Abu Bakr. Barzani was the primary political and military leader of the Kurdish revolution until his death in March 1979. He led campaigns of armed struggle against both the Iraqi and Iranian governments.

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Location: Northern Iraq
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