Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan

Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan
Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan
Leaders	Sayyid Ali Beheshti
Dates of operation	September 1979-1989
Ideology	Shia Islamism; Hazara nationalism
Part of	Tehran Eight
Allies	Iran
Opponents	Soviet Union; Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan

شوراء انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان
Šūrā-e-Inqilābī-e-Ittifāq-e-Islāmī Afğānistān
Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan شوراء انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان; Šūrā-e-Inqilābī-e-Ittifāq-e-Islāmī Afğānistān
Leader	Sayyid Ali Beheshti
Founded	September 1979
Dissolved	1989
Merged into	Hezbe Wahdat
Ideology	Shia Islamism; Conservatism; Hazara interests;
Religion	Shia Islam
National affiliation	Tehran Eight (from 1987)
International affiliation	Islamic Republican Party
	Politics of Afghanistan; Political parties; Elections;

The Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan (Persian: شوراء انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان, Shura-i Engelab-i Ettefaq-i Islami Afghanistan, often called simply Shura) was a Hazara political movement which appeared in Afghanistan in 1979 in opposition to the increasingly leftist Kabul government. The movement was led by Sayyid Ali Beheshti.^[1]

The Shura had both political and militant arms, and removed many Kabul-backed authorities within the Hazarajat (Hazara-populated region of Afghanistan), replacing them with their own functionaries.The Shura was considered as a government for the whole Hazarajat and used to be a powerful party among the Hazaras.^[2] By the end of 1983 the Shura controlled 60% of the population of the Hazarajat.^[3]

The Shura was the primary Hazara resistance movement part of the Tehran Eight political constellation, followed by the Al-Nasr (Victory) and the Union of Islamic Fighters.^[4]

References

^ J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation . DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2
^ Sarabi, Humayun, "Politics and modern history of Hazara: Secterian Politics in Afghanistan", Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy Thesis, SECTARIAN POLITICS IN AFGHANISTAN, p. 52, retrieved 2023-05-02
^ J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation . DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2
^ J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2

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[1] J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation . DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2

[2] Sarabi, Humayun, "Politics and modern history of Hazara: Secterian Politics in Afghanistan", Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy Thesis, SECTARIAN POLITICS IN AFGHANISTAN, p. 52, retrieved 2023-05-02

[3] J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation . DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2

[4] J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2

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