Adalat Party (Azerbaijan)
Adalat Party (Azerbaijani: Ədalət, lit. 'justice') or also "Adalat" organization was formed after the first Russian Revolution by Iranian workers in Baku in 1916[1][2] or in 1912[3]. It was a transnational political party with branches abroad, especially in Iran.[3][1]
Its members included revolutionary members of the Social Democratic Party of Iran.[4] The Adalat Party was inspired by the activities of the Russian social-democratic organizations.[2] Its program, manifesto and method were adopted from the Russian Social Democratic Party.[1] It started to operate openly in May 1917.[2] The head of the party was Asadulla Gafarzade from Ardabil.[2] The party published the newspaper "Adalat" and the magazine "Beyraqi-Adalat" in Azeri and Persian.[2]
The office of the party was in the Iranian owned school "Tamaddun" in the Sabunchu.[2] Armed groups were also included in the party.[2]
Adalat Party cooperated with Hummet and the Baku bolsheviks.[5] In 1920, Adalat Party together with Hummet and the Baku branch of Russian Communist Party were absorbed by Azerbaijani Communist Party.[5] Its Iranian branch was renamed to Communist Party of Iran.[1]
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mammadova, Sevinj (2023). "SOCIO-POLITICAL PROCESSES IN THE NORTHERN AZERBAIJAN IN TIMES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND IRAN'S POSITION ON THIS MATTER (FEBRUARY 1917 – MAY 1918)". Humanities science current issues. 2 (64): 23–29. doi:10.24919/2308-4863/64-2-4.
- 1 2 Mather, Yassamine (17 May 2019). "Iran's communist movement : Reform and revolution". Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9780367134464-2. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- ↑ Jafari, Peyman (9 November 2020). "When the Red Flag Flew Over Iran". jacobin.com. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- 1 2 Kazimova, Shahla (2019). "Independence by Muslim communists:"Narimanovshchina", the downfall of national communists in Azerbaijan". Warsaw East European Revier. IX/2019. Warsaw: Uniwersytet Warszawski: 155-165.
