| 1935 Yazidi revolt | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Kingdom of Iraq | Yazidi tribes | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Yasin al-Hashimi Bakr Sidqi | No centralized leadership | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| More than 200 villagers were killed [1] [2] [3] 11 villages were destroyed [4] | |||||||||
The 1935 Yazidi revolt took place in Iraq in October 1935. [1] The Iraqi government, under Yasin al-Hashimi, crushed a revolt by the Yazidi people of Sinjar Mountains against the imposition of conscription. [1] [2] The Iraqi army, led by Bakr Sidqi, reportedly killed over 200 Yazidi and imposed martial law throughout the region. [1] Parallel revolts opposing conscription also broke out that year in the northern (Kurdish populated) and mid-Euphrates (majorly Shia populated) regions of Iraq.
The Yazidis of Jabal Shingal constituted the majority of Iraqi Yazidi population - the third largest non-Muslim minority within the kingdom. [2] In 1939, the region of Jabal Shingal was once again put under military control, together with the Shekhan District.