The ceremony was held one week after the 91st death anniversary of Sattar Khan at the main entrance of Sattar Khan Park on Sattar Khan Street.
The bronze bust was created by brothers Shahriar and Shahruz Zarrabi and weighs 75 kilograms. The brothers previously created a statue of Sattar Khan erected in Shahr-e Rey, where he is buried.
The Zarrabis have also made statues of Iranian alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan (c. 721-c. 815), Iranian revolutionary Mirza Kuchak Khan (1880-1921), martyr Mehdi Bakeri, who was a commander in the Iran-Iraq war, and a number other heroes of the 1980-1988 war. They have also built an architectural work for the entrance of the city of Astara in Gilan Province, northern Iran.
Last August, another statue of Sattar Khan and statues of four other notables of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution were unveiled at the Constitutional Museum in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province.
Sattar Khan’s contributions to Constitutional Revolution
Sattar Khan headed the rebels from Ayirsiz district of Tabriz in 1907. He then became the favorite general of all his fighters because of his heroism and courage.
After Iran’s National Assembly was shelled by Russian artillery, 40,000 armed forces of the Qajar king Mohammad-Ali Shah attacked Tabriz, the cradle of the Constitutional Revolution. The Military High Council was established under the leadership of Sattar Khan in June 1908.
Sattar Khan was appointed as the commander in chief of the Military High Council and Baqer Khan became his deputy. Ali Musyo, Haji Ali, and Seyyed Hashem Khan were the other members of the council.
In April 1909, the Tabriz rebels lost a large number of their fighters while driving the armed forces of the enemy out of Tabriz. Due to their heroism in this battle, the National Assembly honored Sattar Khan with the title of “Sardar-e Melli” (National Commander) and gave Baqer Khan the title “Salar-e Melli” (National Leader).
The Military High Council was tasked to defend Tabriz. This victory of the rebels greatly influenced other provinces of Iran. "Sattar Khan" committees were established in Tehran, Rasht, Qazvin, Isfahan, and several other cities.
Most cities of Azarbaijan were cleared of forces of the central government by October 1908. Due to the increasing momentum of the revolutionary movement, Mohammad-Ali Shah and regime forces agreed to allow the National Assembly in Tehran to be reopened. The assembly resumed its work in December 1908.
The thrust of revolutionary power after Tabriz city's victory frightened the Iranian king and also caused alarm in tsarist Russia and the British Empire.
To discredit Sattar Khan and his supporters, they tried to separate Sattar Khan and Baqer Khan from their supporters in Tabriz. A telegram (dated 16/3/1910), sent by the British minister of foreign affairs to Ambassador George Birly, said that Sattar Khan and Baqer Khan had to be forced to leave Tabriz immediately. The National Assembly then forced Sattar Khan and Baqer Khan to travel to Tehran. Sattar Khan and Baqer Khan set out for Tehran with their 300 supporters on March 6, 1910. Sattar Khan reached Tehran on April 3, 1910, where the city’s residents received him as a savoir.
Sattar Khan and his supporters were accommodated in Atabey Park, where they were attacked and disarmed by the shah’s troops, led by Tehran police chief Yeprem Davidyans, on the night of August 7, 1910.
Sattar Khan sustained an injury in his leg. The Constitutional Revolution forces were prevented from leaving Tehran, and Sattar Khan finally died in the city at the age of 48 on November 9, 1914.
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